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Author:

Barnes, Dayna L., 1982- author.

Title:

Architects of occupation : American experts and the planning for postwar Japan / Dayna L. Barnes.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Japanologists--United States--History--20th century.
Postwar reconstruction--Japan--Planning.
Policy sciences--United States--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Japan--United States.--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : behind the policy curtain -- Flip-flopper with the final say : Roosevelt and Japan -- Elbow patches and orientalists : bureaucratic wrangling -- Unofficial officials : think tanks and policy -- Information and ideology : media coverage -- Sucker nation and Santa Claus : concerns of Congress -- Ready or not : Harry Truman and the end of the war -- Conclusion : the best-laid plans of mice and men.

ISBN:

1501703080
9781501703089

OCLC:

(OCoLC)957554726

LCCN:

2016039391

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)