Architects of Occupation
Subtitle: American Experts and the Planning for Postwar Japan
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781501703089
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction; Policy sciences; Japan, history, allied occupation, 1945-1952; United states, foreign relations, japan; Japan, foreign relations, united states
Description: "In Architects of Occupation, Dayna L. Barnes exposes the wartime origins of occupation policy and broader plans for postwar Japan. She considers the role of presidents, bureaucrats, think tanks, the media, and Congress in policymaking. Members of these elite groups came together in an informal policy network that shaped planning. Rather than relying solely on government reports and records to understand policymaking, Barnes also uses letters, memoirs, diaries, and manuscripts written by policymakers to trace the rise and spread of ideas across the policy network. The book contributes a new facet to the substantial literature on the occupation, serves as a case study in foreign policy analysis, and tells a surprising new story about World War II." -- Provided by the publisher.