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. Written by people of all ages and walks of life, the letters raise issues ranging from Japanese war crimes to the future of the emperor system, from the behavior of American occupation troops to pleas for the United States to annex Japan. Some writers offered to serve as spies for the occupation forces; others appealed for help in solving individual problems, protested allegedly unfair treatment by the occupation, or made detailed recommendations for the reform of Japanese society. Sodei's running commentary places the letters in their historical context, and the substantive foreword by John W. Dower, who drew upon Sodei's research for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Embracing Defeat , further assesses the significance of the letters in understanding Japan's occupation experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Cozying Up to the Victor Chapter 4 Invitations Chapter 5 "I Dare Say . . ." Chapter 6 "Please Protect the Emperor" Chapter 7 "Depose the Emperor" Chapter 8 MacArthur as Father Figure Chapter 9 Gifts of Thanks Chapter 10 Crafted from the Heart Chapter 11 Unsolicited Advice Chapter 12 To the Right or to the Left? Chapter 13 Grand Plans Chapter 14 Favors to Ask Chapter 15 Fervent Requests Chapter 16 Farewell ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sodei Rinjiro, Sodei/ Junkerman Rinjiro, RINJIRO SODEI JUNKERMAN JOHN E, Rinjiro Sodei
• Collaboration: John Junkerman (Editeur), Junkerman John (Editeur), Dower John W. (Préface), Shizue Matsuda (Traduction), Matsuda Shizue (Traduction)
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 11.09.2006
• EAN: 9780742511163
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1116-3
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Paperback); Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Paperback)
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; USA, North America, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, United States of America, USA, Asian History, The Americas, asian studies;japan studies