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The Japanese in War and Peace, 1942-48 : Selected Documents from a Translator's In-tray.
Title:
The Japanese in War and Peace, 1942-48 : Selected Documents from a Translator's In-tray.
Author:
Nish, Ian.
ISBN:
9789004212817
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (484 pages)
Contents:
The Japanesein War and Peace,1942-48 -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- List of Plates & Maps -- 1 Introduction -- 2 War: Civilian Reflections -- English-language Teaching During the War -- Greater East Asia War Graphic -- Science and Technique in Wartime Japan -- 3 War: Military Perspectives -- Japanese Soldiers' Bravery -- The Indian Dimension -- Japanese Military Intelligence -- 4 War: To End or Not to End -- Murmurs of Peace -- The Shadow of Potsdam -- Surrender in Overseas Forces -- Perils of Peace-making -- 5 Peace: Sliding the Sho ji -- British Commonwealth Attitudes Towards Japan -- Returning Soldiers -- Various Civilian Voices -- New Constitution -- Visit to Hiroshima -- Economic Development -- Sliding the Shoji: Tokyo International Tribunal -- 6 Peace: The Grassroots of Occupation -- The Indian Side of the Occupation -- 1947 General Election -- Railways and Leave Travel -- Food Supplies -- Religion -- 7 Some Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- Facsimile of synopsis of SEAC propaganda leaflet Gunjin Gaho -- Bibliography -- APPENDIX 1 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS THE SCHOOL WEEKLY 1940-3 -- APPENDIX 2 GREATER EAST ASIA WAR GRAPHIC (Vol. II) MAY-DECEMBER 1942 -- Appendix 3: 'Nippon Times Weekly' Special Number. 'Science and Technique in Wartime Japan' 16 SEPTEMBER 1943 -- Appendix 4: Excerpts from Prince Konoe's Peace Memorandum 14 FEBRUARY 1945 -- Appendix 5: Japanese Atomic Bomb Protest 10 AUGUST 1945 -- Appendix 6: BCOF Non-fraternization Order 20 FEBRUARY 1946 -- Appendix 7: Kure Meeting on Prospects for Overseas Trade 1947 -- Appendix 8: 'Why Is Patriotism Wrong?' 1947 -- Appendix 9: W.G. Beasley: 'Personal Reminiscences' YOKUSUKA AND TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 1945 - MARCH 1946 -- Index.
Abstract:
Writers of materials included are generally from the lower rungs of society; they provide an insight into the attitudes of citizens who are often neglected in accounts of the Allied Occupation, providing scholars, researchers, etc. with a valuable new dimension to our understanding of this Occupation history and its impact on the Japanese nation.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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