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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Occupation of Japan"”.
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An appraisal of the military leadership of General Douglas MacArthur
The purpose of this paper is to take a second look at the leadership of General Douglas MacAurthur since the outbreak of World War II. In order to do this, it will be necessary to review the events in the general’s career through World War II, during the occupation of Japan, and the war in Korea. …
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From Victory to Defeat: The Chinese Mission in Japan, 1946-1952
Through the lens of the Chinese Mission in Japan, this dissertation explores how the Chinese Nationalists (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-shek adjusted to the post-war international order between 1945 and 1952. The history the governmental delegation representing the Republic of China (ROC) in Tokyo …
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Between Hard and Soft Power: A Historical Analysis of U.S. Defense Diplomacy
… recent years, countries around the world—those of Europe but also Japan, China, and Russia—have accelerated their efforts to use military assets as instruments of diplomacy. This trend has contributed to the rising prevalence of the term “defense diplomacy” in national security discourse. The …
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The inherited epidemic: a history of tuberculosis in occupied Japan
Scholarship on Japan’s Occupation Period (1945-1952) has focused on the ways in which Japan was transformed from an imperial power to a democratic nation. While such work provides valuable information about how the Supreme Commanders for the Allied Powers (SCAP) affected Japan’s political climate …
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Memories of race: Representations of mixed race people in girls' comic magazines in post-occupation Japan
"As the number of mixed race people grows in Japan, anxieties about miscegenation in today's context of intensified globalization continue to increase. Indeed, the multiracial reality has recently gotten attention and led to heightened discussions surrounding it in Japanese society, specifically, …
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Firearms, technology and culture: resistance of Taiwanese indigenes to Chinese, European and Japanese encroachment in a global context circa 1860-1914
The aim of this dissertation is to explore the adaptation and the acculturation of foreign firearms amongst the indigenous people in Taiwan and the role of these firearms in resistance against the Western, Japanese and Chinese invasions in the period of 1860-1914. I argue that through the avenues …