Dear General MacArthur Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation

by Rinjiro, Sodei; Junkerman, John; Dower, John W.; Matsuda, Shizue

• ISBN13: 9780742511163
• ISBN10: 0742511162
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This unique 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

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	vii
Foreword	xi
John W. Dower
Acknowledgments	xxiii
A Note on Japanese Names	xxvii
Introduction	1	(14)
Cozying Up to the Victor	15	(16)
Invitations	31	(16)
``I Dare Say . . .''	47	(16)
``Please Protect the Emperor''	63	(22)
``Depose the Emperor''	85	(18)
MacArthur as Father Figure	103	(20)
Gifts of Thanks	123	(24)
Crafted from the Heart	147	(28)
Unsolicited Advice	175	(26)
To the Right or to the Left?	201	(16)
Grand Plans	217	(28)
Favors to Ask	245	(24)
Fervent Requests	269	(20)
Farewell	289	(12)
Notes	301	(6)
About the Author	307