Partners for Democracy: Crafting the New Japanese State Under MacArthur

by Ray A. Moore and Donald L. Robinson

Book Overview

In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and its allies, thereby planting the seed from which would spring one of the world's most successful and stable democracies. In an age when democracy is often pursued, yet rarely accomplished, in which failed democracies are found throughout Africa, Latin America, and Asia, Japan's transformation from an utterly defeated military power into a thriving constitutional democracy commands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195171764
• ISBN13: 9780195171761
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"