The occupation of Japan 1945-1952 : Tokyo, Washington, and Okinawa / Fukunaga Fumio ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fukunaga, Fumio, 1953- author.

福永文夫, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Nihon Kokusai Mondai Kenkyūjo, translator.

Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.

Standardized Title:

Nihon senryōshi 1945-1952. English

日本占領史 1945-1952. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021072871

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

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

Japan.

History.

Japan--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

419 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2021.

Summary:

Following its defeat in World War II, Japan was placed under the control of SCAP GHQ headed by General Douglas MacArthur. Initially, the Occupation promoted policies of demilitarization and democratization. A new Japanese constitution which pursued pacifism was established. However, as the Cold War intensified, policies switched in the direction of economic recovery, and it was contended that Japan should take the anti-Communist pro-America path. In 1951, at the height of the Korean War, the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty were concluded as a fixed set. Winner of the 2015 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and history, this book provides a wide view of the seven years of the Occupation of Japan which led to the 'postwar system' that has continued into the twenty-first century. -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: The occupiers and the occupied : Tokyo, Washington, and Okinawa

Defeat and occupation : toward demilitarization and democratization

Reform under the occupation and fresh start for political parties

Trajectory of the middle-of-the-road government : turning point in reforms

Changing course in occupation policies : from democratization to economic revival

The San Francisco Peace Treaty : end of the occupation

The occupation and post-war Japan

Afterword

Development of postwar political parties

Chronology of the occupation of Japan.

Notes:

"Originally published in Japanese under the title Nihon senryōshi 1945-1952 : Tōkyō, Washington, Okinawa by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., in 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-396) and index.

ISBN:

9784866581255

4866581255

OCLC:

1250465151