Dear General MacArthur
Subtitle: letters from the Japanese during the American occupation
By: Sodei Rinjirō ; edited by John Junkerman ; translated by Shizue Matsuda ; foreword by John W. Dower.
Contributors: Junkerman, John.
Series: Asian voices; Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, inc.)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Correspondence.; Japanese -- Correspondence.; Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "This book compiles some 120 remarkable letters from Japanese citizens to General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan (1945-1952).

Painstakingly culled from a vast collection, these letters evoke the unfiltered voices of people of all classes and occupations during the tremendous upheaval of the early postwar period, when the Japanese were coming to terms with the devastating losses of the war, adjusting to a new political system, and creating the framework for economic and social recovery.".

"Written by people of all ages and walks of life, the letters raise issues ranging from Japanese war crimes to the future of the emperor system, from the behavior of American occupation troops to pleas for the United States to annex Japan. Some writers offered to serve as spies for the occupation forces; others appealed for help in solving individual problems, protested allegedly unfair treatment by the occupation, or made detailed recommendations for the reform of Japanese society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-306).