Dear General Macarthur - Letters From the Japanese During the American Occupation

Informationen zum Autor Sodei Rinjiro, Japan's foremost biographer of MacArthur and a leading historian of the occupation, is professor emeritus at Hosei University, Tokyo. Klappentext This unique book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Cozying Up to the VictorChapter 2: InvitationsChapter 3: "I Dare Say . . ."Chapter 4: "Please Protect the Emperor"Chapter 5: "Depose the Emperor"Chapter 6: MacArthur as Father FigureChapter 7: Gifts of ThanksChapter 8: Crafted from the HeartChapter 9: Unsolicited AdviceChapter 10: To the Right or to the Left?Chapter 11: Grand PlansChapter 12: Favors to AskChapter 13: Fervent RequestsChapter 14: Farewell

Product details

• Authors: Sodei Rinjiro, Sodei/ Junkerman Rinjiro, RINJIRO SODEI JUNKERMAN JOHN E, Rinjiro Sodei
• Assisted by: John Junkerman (Editor), Shizue Matsuda (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2006
• EAN: 9780742511163
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1116-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Paperback); Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Paperback)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous