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Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida and Postwar Japan

Door Richard B. Finn

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#252655
Titel
Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida and Postwar Japan
Auteur
Finn, Richard B.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
University of California Press
Jaar van uitgave
1992
ISBN10
0520202139
ISBN13
9780520202139
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
Singular for its breadth and balance, Winners in Peace chronicles the American Occupation of Japan, an episode that profoundly shaped the postwar world. Richard B. Finn, who participated in the Occupation as a young naval officer and diplomat, tells the full story of the activities from 1945 to 1952. He focuses on the two main actors, General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, and details the era's major events, programs, and personalities, both American and Japanese.

Finn draws on an impressive range of sources? American, Japanese, British, and Australian? including interviews with nearly one hundred participants in the Occupation. He describes the war crimes trials, constitutional reforms, and American efforts to rebuild Japan. The work of George Kennan in
... (Lees verder)making political stability and economic recovery the top goals of the United States became critical in the face of the developing Cold War.

Winners in Peace will aid our understanding of Japan today? its economic growth, its style of government, and the strong pacifist spirit of its people.
Pagina's
413
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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