Pitfall or Panacea (East Asia-History, Politics, Sociology, Culture)

the Main Purpose Of This Book Is To Shed Light On The Limitations Of The American Hegemony In Occupied Japan. Previous Studies Share The Assumption That The United States Was In A Near-monopoly Position To Shape The Postwar Development In Japan As Well As In The Asia-pacific Region. The Book Goes On To Modify The Prevailing View That American Hegemony Not Only Eroded Under Its Own Weight, But Was Never Absolute In Any Case. Japan, A Former Enemy, Eventually Became America's Main Regional Ally In The Asia-pacific Region. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 5 COPYRIGHT......Page 6 DEDICATION......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10 PREFACE......Page 12 NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 15 DIVIDED-CORE STRATEGY IN THE POSTWAR ASIA-PACIFIC REGION......Page 19 GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR’S DISCRETIONARY POWER......Page 21 BACK TO NORMALCY......Page 22 THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTION......Page 26 COMPLEMENTARY JAPANESE RESPONSES......Page 31 THE EMPEROR AND WAR-RENOUNCING-CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION......Page 33 SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTICLE NINE......Page 35 ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING......Page 37 CHAPTER TWO SHIFT IN AMERICAN OCCUPATION POLICIES......Page 45 DECONCENTRATION AND SCAP’S ADJUSTMENT......Page 48 TOWARD A PEACE TREATY: FIRST ROUND......Page 50 THE REPARATIONS ISSUE......Page 55 THE SEARCH FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY......Page 62 THE ROAD TO A NINE-POINT PROGRAM......Page 64 JAPANESE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 67 APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH DODGE......Page 69 INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DODGE LINE......Page 70 LIBERALIZATION OF THE JAPANESE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND DODGE-IKEDA-ICHIMADA NEXUS......Page 73 EXCHANGE RATE, TRADE, AND REGIONALISM......Page 78 TOWARD POLITICAL STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA......Page 83 JAPAN’S SEARCH FOR SECURITY......Page 87 TOWARD A PEACE TREATY: SECOND ROUND......Page 90 CHINESE FACTORS......Page 98 THE JAPANESE ECONOMIC SITUATION......Page 106 JAPAN’S SECURITY ISSUES......Page 111 THE CHINA SYNDROME......Page 118 THE ROAD TO JAPAN-UNITED STATES NEGOTIATIONS......Page 121 THE DULLES-YOSHIDA NEGOTIATIONS......Page 126 HEGEMON’S AGONY......Page 130 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS......Page 135 Notes......Page 138 PRIMARY DOCUMENTS......Page 181 SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES: BOOKS......Page 184 SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES: PERIODICALS......Page 195 UNPUBLISHED SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 202 BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS......Page 203 PERIODICALS......Page 208 INDER OF PERSONS......Page 210 INDEX......Page 213 Setting the stage : the demilitarization and democratization of Japan Shift in American occupation policies The road to economic stability Japan's security Impact of the Korean War on U.S. policy toward Asia The Dulles-Yoshida negotiations.