Dear General MacArthur

Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation

Autor*innen

• Rinjiro Sodei
• John Junkerman
• John W. Dower

Parameter

• 270 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Biographien
• Historisches Thema
• Japan
• Sachliteratur
• USA

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Einband: Hardcover