The Allied Occupation of Japan 1945-1952 and Japanese Religions
Title | The Allied Occupation of Japan 1945-1952 and Japanese Religions PDF eBook |
Author | William P. Woodard |
Publisher | Brill Archive |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | History |
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Allied Occupation of Japan 1945-1952 and Japanese Religions
Title | Allied Occupation of Japan 1945-1952 and Japanese Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Woodard |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 1972-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004618368 |
The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952
Title | The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952 PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Joseph Shulman |
Publisher | Chicago : American Library Association |
Pages | 896 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Nation Building in Japan, 1945–1952
Title | Nation Building in Japan, 1945–1952 PDF eBook |
Author | Peter K. Frost |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2024-03-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1040004393 |
This book analyzes the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945–1952). It begins by explaining why Japan spent roughly fifty years building its own colonial system and declaring war on China and the Western Allies, only to decide after military defeats, two atomic bombings and the Soviet declaration of war, to surrender before being invaded. It goes on to describe the controversial issues surrounding the conduct of the Occupation forces, the largely American reform proposals and the shifts in policy as the Cold War developed. Particular emphasis is placed on women’s issues, the Japanese and American reactions to President Truman’s decision to fire General Douglas MacArthur, the tensions surrounding the requirement that the Japanese allow US military bases to stay in Japan and the still ongoing debate over the American decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. Despite all this, the book concludes that particularly when compared with later Allied nation building efforts in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and the current state of US politics, the Occupation experience was, on the whole, a relatively positive one for both the Japanese and the US-Japan alliance.
日本占領欧文文献目録
Title | 日本占領欧文文献目録 PDF eBook |
Author | Shulman, F. J. |
Publisher | |
Pages | 890 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Japan |
ISBN | 9784820553663 |
Faking Liberties
Title | Faking Liberties PDF eBook |
Author | Jolyon Baraka Thomas |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2019-03-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 022661882X |
Religious freedom is a founding tenet of the United States, and it has frequently been used to justify policies towards other nations. Such was the case in 1945 when Americans occupied Japan following World War II. Though the Japanese constitution had guaranteed freedom of religion since 1889, the United States declared that protection faulty, and when the occupation ended in 1952, they claimed to have successfully replaced it with “real” religious freedom. Through a fresh analysis of pre-war Japanese law, Jolyon Baraka Thomas demonstrates that the occupiers’ triumphant narrative obscured salient Japanese political debates about religious freedom. Indeed, Thomas reveals that American occupiers also vehemently disagreed about the topic. By reconstructing these vibrant debates, Faking Liberties unsettles any notion of American authorship and imposition of religious freedom. Instead, Thomas shows that, during the Occupation, a dialogue about freedom of religion ensued that constructed a new global set of political norms that continue to form policies today.
Politics of Freedom
Title | Politics of Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Toshio Nishi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 718 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Japan |
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