Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Purchase Benefits
What is included with this book?
Abbreviations and Japanese Terms | p. xiii |
Introduction: "A New Order of Things" | p. 3 |
Fall 1945 | |
"Negotiated Surrender": American Planning and Occupation | p. 23 |
"This Fundamental Problem": MacArthur Saves Hirohito | p. 36 |
"In Good Faith": Japan Considers Constitutional Reform | p. 50 |
"A Rational Way": Konoe and Matsumoto on Constitutional Reform | p. 64 |
Imposing the American Model | |
"Only as a Last Resort": The Americans Take Over | p. 81 |
"A Liberal and Enlightened Constitution": The SCAP Model | p. 93 |
"A Very Serious Matter": The Cabinet's Initial Reactions | p. 111 |
"Do Your Best": The Marathon Meeting | p. 124 |
"Grave Danger": The Allies Challenge MacArthur | p. 142 |
"Seize This Opportunity": Reworking the March 6 Draft | p. 155 |
"No Choice But to Abide": The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare | p. 165 |
Transforming a Draft into a Constitution | |
Preview: The Diet Goes to Work | p. 183 |
"Along Democratic and Peace-Loving Lines": Yoshida Presents His Draft | p. 185 |
"Free and Untrammeled Debate": The Emperor's Prerogatives | p. 192 |
"Fervent Hopes": Pacifism and Human Rights | p. 211 |
"Complex and Labyrinthine": The Structure of Government | p. 231 |
"Fresh Trouble": The House Subcommittee Frames Amendments | p. 240 |
"Fundamental Principles of Democracy": Human Rights and Imperial Property | p. 251 |
"Sincere and Steady Efforts": Denouement | p. 269 |
"Last Service to the Fatherland": The House of Peers Addresses Constitutional Revision | p. 282 |
"A Borrowed Suit": Peers Accept the Inevitable | p. 294 |
Sequel | |
"Broaden and Deepen the Debate": Fifty Years without Revision | p. 317 |
Conclusion | p. 329 |
Notes | p. 339 |
Bibliography | p. 385 |
Index | p. 393 |
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.