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The American occupation of Japan : the origins of the cold war in Asia
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In this novel and intriguing book, Michael Schaller traces the origins of the Cold War in Asia to the postwar occupation of Japan by U.S. troops. Determined to secure Japan as a bulwark against bot...
In this novel and intriguing book, Michael Schaller traces the origins of the Cold War in Asia to the postwar occupation of Japan by U.S. troops. Determined to secure Japan as a bulwark against both Soviet expansion and Asian revolution, the U.S. instituted ambitious social and economic reforms under the direction of the flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur was later denounced by the Truman Administration as a ""bunko artist"" who had wrecked Japan's economy and opened it to Communist influence, and power was shifted to Japan's old elite. Cut off from its forme
Details
- Creator
- Michael Schaller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1985
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781280449765, 1280449764, 9780199878840, 0199878846, 9780198020639, 0198020635, 0195051904
- OCLC
- ocn609832219, ocn778339493
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-343) and index.
- English
- Contents; 1. The End of the Pacific War; 2. Remaking Japan, 1945 to 1948; 3. Northeast Asia and the Pacific, 1945 to 1947; 4. Reinterpeting the Postwar World; 5. An Aborted Treaty; 6. The Conservative Response to Liberal Reform; 7. Setting a New Course; 8. Regional Economic Integration and the Rise of Southeast Asia; 9. The Peace Treaty: Trying Again; 10. Japanese Recovery Prospects in the Wake of China's Revolution; 11. NSC 48 and the Renewed Debate over Asian Communism; 12. Containment and Recovery in Japan and Southeast Asia; 13. A Commitment to Vietnam
- 14. Japan and the Rekindled Crisis with China15. At War in Asia; 16. Afterward: The Workshop of Asia; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Notes; References; Index
Subjects
- International relations.
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
- Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia.