The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia

by Michael Schaller

2020-11-24 14:47:27

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. in... Read more
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 economicreforms 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 offfrom its former trading partners, which were now all Communist-controlled, Japan, with U.S. backing, turned its attention to the rich but unstable Southeast Asian states. The stage was thus set for U.S. intervention in China, Korea, and Vietnam. Less

Book Details

File size9.02 X 5.98 X 0.98 in
Print pages368
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date September 1, 1994
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195051902
Michael Schaller is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. He is the author of a number of books, including Reckoning with Reagan: America and its President in the 1980s; Douglas McArthur:...

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