CSPAN3 MacArthur Hirohito And Famine In Postwar Japan January 30, 2017
Richard frank there is a moral threat that weaves through my talk today. Start with the first. Literature on the occupation of japan from 19451952 generally treats it as a great triumph, or at least an overall success, if flawed. But that literature is overwhelmingly concentrated on political, economic, and social issues. In my judgment, that literature underlies what is the most critical moment of the occupation, the first year when the occupations fate hung by a thread in the face of two humanitarian crises, one epidemic diseases, and the second is spamming. The occupation was led by Douglas...
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