Japan Occupied: Survival of Academic Freedom
Ruriko Kumano, "Japan Occupied: Survival of Academic Freedom"
English | ISBN: 9811985812 | 2023 | 213 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 9811985812 | 2023 | 213 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan’s traumatic transformation from authoritarianism to democracy is detailed.
The study exposes an ideological war between the Soviet Union and the USA within American-occupied Japan, which triggered violent polarization among the Japanese. Under General MacArthur’s tutorage, the defeated Japanese were expected to become a peace-loving people, but the Cold War derailed Japan’s progress toward freedom and democracy. The “Red Purge,” instituted by MacArthur's Headquarters (GHQ) from 1949 to 1950, triggered the devastating side effects on Japan's academic freedom and freedom of speech.
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