America's Japan : : The First Year, 1945–1946 /

America's Japan : : The First Year, 1945–1946 / / Grant K. Goodman.

One of the few non-Japanese Americans trained to read, write, and speak Japanese, Princeton undergraduate Grant Goodman had a privileged position during World War II. As an Army lieutenant, Goodman served in the Philippines at the close of the war and in Tokyo as an intelligence officer on General D...

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VerfasserIn:
Goodman, Grant K.,
MitwirkendeR:
Sodei, Rinjiro,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. A Yen for Japan
  • 2. My First Study of Japanese-My Matriculation at Princeton University
  • 3. My Memories of the Army Intensive Japanese Language School-The University of Michigan
  • 4. Practical Training-Fort McClellan and Fort Snelling
  • 5. To the Front Lines in the Philippines
  • 6. Meeting the Surrender Envoys
  • 7. Our Landing in Japan
  • 8. My Work as an ATIS Officer
  • 9. Letters to General MacArthur
  • 10. My Views of General MacArthur
  • 11. My View of the Constitution
  • 12. The Movements of Reform-The Dynamic and the Static
  • 13. The Appearance of Emperor Kumazawa
  • 14. The Yokohama Court
  • 15. The Democratic Boom, the English Boom, and the Christianity Boom
  • 16. Two Suicides
  • 17. My Trip to Shanghai
  • 18. The Mikado
  • 19. Observing the Tokyo War Crimes Trials
  • 20. Returning to America
  • Index

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