Pitfall or Panacea
The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952| By: | Yoneyuki Sugita |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415947527 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135937737 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2004 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The main purpose of this book is to shed light on the limitations of the American hegemony in occupied Japan. Previous studies share the assumption that the United States was in a near-monopoly position to shape the postwar development in Japan as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. The book goes on to modify the prevailing view that American hegem