The British Commonwealth and the Allied occupation of Japan, 1945-1952 : : personal encounters and government assessments / / edited by Ian Nish.

• TeilnehmendeR: Nish, Ian.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Personal Reminiscences of the Early Months of the Occupation: Yokosuka and Tokyo, September 1945–March 1946 /; MacArthurian Japan: Remembered and Revised /; Reminiscences of a Misspent Youth: Tokyo, 1946–49 /; Australia and the Occupation of Japan /; New Zealand and the Occupation of Japan /; Canada and the Occupation of Japan /; India and the Occupation of Japan /; Impressions of a Japanese Historian /; An Australian’s Experiences /; Some Royal Navy Reflections /; RAF Experiences /; A British Army Perspective /; A Historian and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) /; Commonwealth Cooperation and Rivalry /; Truman, Attlee and the Korean War Crisis /; The Dulles-Yoshida Talks, 1950–1951 /; Yoshida Shigeru and the Political Parties’ Difficulties over the Question of the San Francisco Peace Treaty /; Britain’s Labour Government and the Japanese Peace /; Hong Kong and San Francisco: Anglo-American Debate on East Asia and the Japanese Peace Settlements /; Britain and Japan, 1951: San Francisco and Tokyo /; San Francisco Treaty-Making and Its Implications for New Zealand /; Australia, the Japanese Peace Treaty and the ANZUS Pact /; Appendix: John Northcott’s Notice on Fraternization /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004242961
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ian Nish.

The Allied Occupation of Japan lasted from 2 September 1945 to 28 April 1952 and ushered in an era of unprecedented change for that country. Although British Commonwealth participation played only small part in that story – involving only some 30,000 troops from the various Commonwealth countries compared with the vast numbers of the United States Eighth Army – it nevertheless prompts a discussion, hitherto largely undocumented, concerning its role and relevance. In The British Commonwealth and the Allied Occupation of Japan , Ian Nish who himself was a member of BCOF presents papers by twenty-three authors, partly biographical, partly academic, on subjects grouped in five themes: Origins of the Allied Occupation, Attitudes on the Occupation, Personal Views, the Commonwealth and Peace Negotiations, and the Commonwealth and the Japanese Treaties.