Japan in the American Century

473 Pages·2018·29.378 MB·English

by  Kenneth B. Pyle

JAPAN IN THE
AMERICAN CENTURY

J A P A N
I N T H E
A M E R I C A N
C E N T U R Y
.
KENNETH B PYLE
THE BELKNAP PRESS OF
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts
London, England
2018
Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca
First printing
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Pyle, Kenneth B., author.
Title: Japan in the American c entury / Kenneth B. Pyle.
Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : The Belknap Press of Harvard
University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018012405 | ISBN 9780674983649 (alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Japan— Civilization— American influences. | Japan— Foreign
relations— United States. | Japan— Foreign relations—1945– | Japan—
History—1945– | Japan— Politics and government—1945– | United States—
Foreign relations— Japan. | United States— Foreign relations—20th  century.
Classification: LCC DS821.5.U6 P95 2018 | DDC 952.04— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2018012405
Cover art: Enso, circular brush stroke, by Thoth_Adan © Getty Images
Cover design: Annamarie McMahon Why
For Anne

Contents
Introduction: An Unnatural Intimacy 1
1. Two Rising Powers 9
2. Unconditional Surrender Policy 43
3. The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb 72
4. An American Revolution in Japan 106
5. The Subordination of Japan 147
6. For the Soul of Japan 179
7. A Peculiar Alliance 207
8. Competing Capitalisms 249
9. Japan’s Nonconvergent Society 287
10. Democracy in Japan 323
11. Japan in the Twilight of the American Century 350
Notes 387
Acknowl edgments 449
Index 451

JAPAN IN THE
AMERICAN CENTURY