Description |
1 online resource (260 pages) |
Contents |
Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Important Persons in the Text; Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke greets retired Japanese admiral Kichisaburo Nomura; Introduction; PART I: THE EARLY OCCUPATION PERIOD, 1945-1947; PART 2: THE COLD WAR AND JAPAN'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL, 1948; PART 3: THE COLD WAR AND JAPANESE SECURITY, JANUARY 1949-MAY 1950; PART 4: THE KOREAN WAR AND JAPANESE SECURITY, JUNE 1950-AUGUST 1951; PART 5: JAPANESE INDEPENDENCE AND DEFENSIBILITY, SEPTEMBER 1951-DECEMBER 1952; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Book based on papers of Kichisaburo Nomura - Japanese admiral, foreign minister, ambassador to the U.S., "spiritual godfather" of postwar Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is revealing, providing insights into domestic conditions in occupied Japan, U.S. policies toward Japan, the Cold War in Asia, and Japan's eventual rearmament |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Nomura, KichisaburÅ, 1877-1964 -- Correspondence
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SUBJECT |
Nomura, KichisaburÅ, 1877-1964 fast |
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Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069510
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Japan -- History -- 1945- -- Personal narratives
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Japan -- History, Naval -- 1945- -- Personal narratives
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Subject |
Japan
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Genre/Form |
History
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Naval history
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Personal correspondence
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Personal narratives
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004212923 |
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9004212922 |
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