Partners for Democracy - Crafting the New Japanese State Under MacArthur - Paperback - 2004

Takes a controversial stand that the Constitution of Japan was not 'imposed', as conventional opinion has it, as a document of defeat by the Allied occupying forces under General MacArthur. This work tells the story of American initiative and Japanese response, and also offers an account of postwar democratization and reform.
Year of publication: 2004
Pagination: 432 pages, 8pp halftones
Format: Paperback