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Pitfall or Panacea
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The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952
Pitfall or Panacea
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The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952
ByYoneyuki Sugita
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2003
eBook Published 16 October 2003
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
Pages 242
eBook ISBN 9780429234026
Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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Sugita, Y. (2003). Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of U.S. Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203506677
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this book is to shed light on the limitations of the American hegemony in occupied Japan. Previous studies share the assumption that the United States was in a near-monopoly position to shape the postwar development in Japan as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. The book goes on to modify the prevailing view that American hegem