America''s Japan - The First Year, 19451946

Informationen zum Autor Grant K. Goodman is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kansas. The author or editor of many books and articles, he was influential in establishing the academic study of Japanese in the United States. Klappentext One of the few non-Japanese Americans trained to read, write, and speak Japanese, Princeton undergraduate Grant Goodman had a privileged position during World War II. As an Army lieutenant, Goodman served in the Philippines at the close of the war and in Tokyo as an intelligence officer on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. Goodman translated thousands of letters, interviews, and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds, and came to know, as few Americans could, the ?hearts and minds? of a defeated people as they moved slowly to democracy. This book is a not only a fascinating personal chronicle of Grant Goodman's unique experience in Japan. Moving deftly between his role as an Army officer gathering essential information and as a young scholar fascinated by Japanese culture, he provides a vividly drawn portrait of daily life in occupied Tokyo. Zusammenfassung As an Army lieutenant! the author served in Tokyo as an intelligence officer. He translated thousands of letters! interviews! and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds! and came to know! as few Americans could! the hearts and minds of a defeated people as they moved slowly to democracy. This is a chronicle of his experience in Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Grant K Goodman, Grant K. Goodman, Grant K./ Steben Goodman
• Assisted by: Barry D. Steben (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780823225156
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-2515-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension; World War II: The Global, Huma; World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension; World War II: The Global, Huma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous