We, the Japanese people [[electronic resource] ] : World War II and the origins of the Japanese constitution / / Dale M. Hellegers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783295103321
• Autore: Hellegers Dale M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0-8047-8032-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/144/0952
• Soggetti: World War, 1939-1945 - Armistices; World War, 1939-1945 - Japan; Constitutions - Japan; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: VOLUME ONE * WASHINGTON -- Preface ix -- Acknowledgments xv -- 1. Unconditional Surrender and Its Legacies 1 -- 2. Uneasy Allies: Soviet Participation in the Pacific War 34 -- 3. Voices in the Wilderness 57 -- 4. The Road to Potsdam: Defining Unconditional Surrender 101 -- 5. Potsdam: The Politics of Deliverance 120 -- 6. "Come Hell or High Water": Terms of Surrender for Japan 138 -- 7. Planning for the Military Government ofJapan, 1942-1944 159 -- 8. "A Sunday School Flavor": Planning for -- the Military Government ofJapan, 1945 190 -- 9. "The Velvet Glove": Policy Toward the Emperor -- and Constitutional Reform 223 -- A Note on Citations and Abbreviations 249 -- Notes to Volume One 255 -- VOLUME TWO * TOKYO -- lo. Under Siege: The Early Days of Occupation 405 -- 11. "Dust and Ashes": The Konoe Affair 438 -- 12. "Opaque, Bureaucratic Secretiveness": -- The Shidehara Government Looks at Constitutional Reform 461 -- 13. Atomic Sunshine Boys: The Rise of the Government Section 487 -- 14. A "Top Secret" Constitutional Convention 518 -- 15. "For Your Convenience and Protection": -- Negotiating with the Japanese Government 527 -- Epilogue 545 -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A The Preamble 553 -- APPENDIX B The Emperor and Miscellaneous Affairs 557 -- APPENDIX C Renunciation of War 576 -- APPENDIX D Civil Rights 580 -- APPENDIX E ; The Diet 612 -- APPENDIX F The Executive 630 -- APPENDIX G The Judiciary 645 -- APPENDIX H Public Finance 657 -- APPENDIX I Local Government 666 -- APPENDIX J A Comparison of the MacArthur Draft and the -- Japanese Government Draft of 2 March 1946 673 -- A Note on Citations and Abbreviations 713 -- Notes to Volume Two 719 -- Selected Bibliography 795 -- Index 809.