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There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.
List of contents
1: Japanese Science and Technology Before 1945; 2: Scientific Investigations and Initial Controls; 3: First Steps; 4: Down to Work; 5: Atomic Energy Controls; 6: The First Full Year of the Occupation; 7: Dual Bureaucracies at Work: The Riken Story; 8: Striving for Democracy in Science; 9: The Two National Academy Missions; 10: Controls versus Assistance; 11: Standards and Quality Control; 12: Technology and the Economy; 13: The End of the Story; 14: Five Decades Later
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Bowen C. Dees
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There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period.
