The Birth Of Japan's Postwar Constitution

by Koseki Shoichi, Ray A. Moore, Shichi Koseki

Book Overview

This 1989 Yoshino Sakuzo prize-winning book is essential reading for understanding Japan's postwar constitution, political and social history, and foreign policy. The most complete English account of the origins of Japan's constitution, it analyzes the dramatic events of 1945?1946 that lead to the birth of Japan's new constitution. Koseki Shoichi challenges the simplicity of the current interpretation that General Douglas MacArthur in February 1946,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813334950
• ISBN13: 9780813334950
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"