ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on a limited number of secondary sources, principally accounts by journalists and military government officials. Japan Diary by Mark Gayn, a correspondent for the Chicago Sun, figures prominently, together with Kakemono by Honor Tracy, employed by the Manchester Guardian, and Robert Textor’s critique entitled Failure in Japan. The latter focuses on the Occupation’s limitations, its failings, whereas the works of Ralph Braibanti, another military government official, tend to adopt a more balanced perspective. Gayn and Textor had high expectations of the Occupation, judging it according to the realization of radical reforms described in the Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan.
