The American occupation of Japan : the origins of the cold war in Asia / Michael Schaller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaller, Michael, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.

Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Southeast Asia.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 forme

Contents:

Contents; 1. The End of the Pacific War; 2. Remaking Japan, 1945 to 1948; 3. Northeast Asia and the Pacific, 1945 to 1947; 4. Reinterpeting the Postwar World; 5. An Aborted Treaty; 6. The Conservative Response to Liberal Reform; 7. Setting a New Course; 8. Regional Economic Integration and the Rise of Southeast Asia; 9. The Peace Treaty: Trying Again; 10. Japanese Recovery Prospects in the Wake of China's Revolution; 11. NSC 48 and the Renewed Debate over Asian Communism; 12. Containment and Recovery in Japan and Southeast Asia; 13. A Commitment to Vietnam

14. Japan and the Rekindled Crisis with China15. At War in Asia; 16. Afterward: The Workshop of Asia; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-343) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-44976-4

0-19-987884-6

0-19-802063-5

OCLC:

609832219