The Japanese in war and peace, 1942-48 : : selected documents from a translator's in-tray / / Ian Nish.

The author was a member of the British Occupation Force in Japan as part of the Allied Occupation following the Asia-Pacific War. During the years he was there, 1946–48, he collected a number of documents which throw light on the attitudes of the Japanese people in the last two critical years of the...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Brill eBook titles
Physical Description:1 online resource (484 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • War: Civilian Reflections
  • War: Military Perspectives
  • War: To End or Not to End
  • Peace: Sliding the Shōji
  • Peace: The Grassroots of Occupation
  • Some Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Facsimile of synopsis of SEAC propaganda leaflet Gunjin Gahō
  • Bibliography
  • English-language Teaching Materials The School Weekly (1940–3)
  • Greater East Asia War Graphic II (May-December 1942)
  • Nippon Times Weekly: ‘Science and Technique in Wartime Japan’ (16 September 1943)
  • Excerpts from Prince Konoe’s Peace Memorandum (14 February 1945)
  • Japanese Atomic Bomb Protest (10 August 1945)
  • BCOF Non-fraternization Order, 20 February 1946
  • Kure meeting on Prospects for Overseas Trade, 1947
  • Why Is Patriotism Wrong? 1947
  • W.G. Beasley: ‘Personal Reminiscences of the Early Months of the Occupation: Yokosuka and Tokyo, September 1945 – March 1946’
  • Index.