American Occupation of Japan: The Orgins of the Cold War in Asia

ISBN-13: 9780195051902 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 368 str.

Michael Schaller

Opis

In this novel and intriguing book, Michael Schaller traces the origins of the Cold War in Asia to the postwar occupation of Japan by U.S. troops. Determined to secure Japan as a bulwark against both Soviet expansion and Asian revolution, the U.S. instituted ambitious social and economic reforms under the direction of the flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur was later denounced by the Truman Administration as a "bunko artist" who had wrecked Japan's economy and opened it to Communist influence, and power was shifted to Japan's old elite. Cut off from its former trading partners, which were now all Communist-controlled, Japan, with U.S. backing, turned its attention to the rich but unstable Southeast Asian states. The stage was thus set for U.S. intervention in China, Korea, and Vietnam.

Recenzje

`A fascinating account...This volume will be indispensable to all who seek to understand the more recent chapters in the historic struggle between the two superpowers.' New York Times

O autorze

Michael Schaller is Professor of History at the University of Arizona