Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan

Richard B. Finn

Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of California Press
Country
United States
Published
19 August 2022
Pages
446
ISBN
9780520370920

Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan

Richard B. Finn

Singular for its breadth and balance, Winners in Peace chronicles the American Occupation of Japan, an episode that profoundly shaped the postwar world. Richard B. Finn, who participated in the Occupation as a young naval officer and diplomat, tells the full story of the activities from 1945 to 1952. He focuses on the two main actors, General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, and details the era’s major events, programs, and personalities, both American and Japanese.

Finn draws on an impressive range of sources-American, Japanese, British, and Australian-including interviews with nearly one hundred participants in the Occupation. He describes the war crimes trials, constitutional reforms, and American efforts to rebuild Japan. The work of George Kennan in making political stability and economic recovery the top goals of the United States became critical in the face of the developing Cold War.

Winners in Peace will aid our understanding of Japan today-its economic growth, its style of government, and the strong pacifist spirit of its people.

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

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