Dear General MacArthur
Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation
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This unique book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery. Visit our website for sample chapters! This unique book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery.
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Dear General MacArthur, John Junkerman, John W. Dower, Rinjiro Sodei
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2001
- Einband
- (Hardcover)
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- Titel
- Dear General MacArthur
- Untertitel
- Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- John Junkerman, John W. Dower, Rinjiro Sodei
- Verlag
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2001
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 270
- ISBN10
- 0742511154
- ISBN13
- 9780742511156
- Reihe
- Kategorien
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, USA, Japan, Asien, Briefe, Korrespondenz, Japanisch
- Beschreibung
- This unique book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery. Visit our website for sample chapters! This unique book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery.