Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952

ISBN-13: 9780415947527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 242 str.

Yoneyuki Sugita

Opis

Shedding light on the limitations of the American hegemony in occupied Japan, based on the assumption that the United States was in a near-monopoly position to shape the postwar development in Japan this text modifies the prevailing view that American hegemony not only eroded under its own weight, but was never absolute in any case.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Setting the Stage: The Demilitarization and Democratization of Japan 2. Shift in American Occupation Policies 3. The Road to Economic Stability 4. Japan's Security 5. Impact of Korean War on U.S. Policy Toward Asia 6. The Dulles-Yoshida Negotiations Bibliography

O autorze

Yoneyuki Sugita