Gaijin Shogun : General Douglas MacArthur, Step-Father of Post-War Japan

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Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Sektor Co
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Forwardp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Douglas Arthur MacArthur's Early Yearsp. 5
Day of Infamyp. 9
The Making of a Democratic Nationp. 17
Surrenderp. 19
Some deep reflections by the Generalp. 32
And, from the other sidep. 35
Japanese War Veteransp. 38
Naysayers at home and abroadp. 42
The Occupation beginsp. 42
The old policiesp. 44
Personal challengep. 45
Past failuresp. 45
Letting the Japanese find a new cultural pathp. 47
Shackles of conturiesp. 48
Fear of reprisals and abusep. 49
Fear of mass starvationp. 51
Russians try to partition Japanp. 51
Tearing down the war machinep. 53
Working with the Emperorp. 53
Reforms criticizedp. 57
The General and Imperial Relationsp. 58
Outline of broad reformsp. 62
Our mottop. 66
Progress reportp. 66
The General in Privatep. 67
War criminalsp. 74
Japanese Revolution?p. 81
Japanese constitutionp. 84
Peace policyp. 89
Democracy at workp. 92
Feeding the massesp. 94
Fiscal responsibilityp. 95
Fraternizationp. 98
Free enterprisep. 107
The labor movement is testedp. 107
Economic realitiesp. 110
Spiritual renewalp. 110
Freedom of religionp. 111
Educational reformp. 113
Health of nation in perilp. 114
Land reformp. 116
End of the abusive police statep. 118
The superlative staffp. 121
Restoring national pridep. 122
Power to the peoplep. 122
Sad and unpleasant taskp. 124
Korean War: The General's Time Runs Outp. 127
Sayonarap. 130
Japan Rejoins the World Community of Free and Independent Nationsp. 135
Twelve Year Oldsp. 143
Honor Guard Missionp. 147
How Was This All Possible?p. 151
Afterthoughtsp. 157
Appendix
Gen. MacArthur Memorialp. 161
Honor Guard Roll Callp. 163
Bibliographyp. 173
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