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by Seymour Morris, Jr.

inoculation program, 107

  Inside GHQ (Takemae), 295

  intelligence and counterintelligence, 29, 55, 68, 76, 95, 99, 184, 189–90, 192, 196

  Intelligence Section, 95, 99, 117

  International Criminal Court in The Hague (2002), 205

  International Investigation Commission, 106

  International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), 183, 188–89, 198–200, 206–13, 297. See also war crimes trials

  International Symposium on the Crimes of Bacteriological Warfare (China, 2002), 195n

  Iowa (U.S. battleship), 39

  Iraq War and occupation (2003–11), 70n, 205, 280, 298–99

  Ishii, Dr. Shiro, 178, 180, 183, 185–90, 192–97, 212, 292, 295–97

  Iwabuchi, Sanji, 201–2

  Iwo Jima, Battle of, 194

  Jackson, Andrew, 162n

  Jackson, Robert H., 212

  James, Clayton, 295

  Japan

  air force, 32

  army, 21–23, 76, 103, 219

  cabinet, 134–35, 137, 147

  Foreign Ministry, 139

  Ministry of Culture, 110–11

  Ministry of Education, 294–95

  Ministry of Finance, 122

  Ministry of War, 49

  Navy, 47

  never invaded, 22

  postwar defense perimeter and, 226, 236–37, 243, 251, 254–55, 261–63, 271

  Siberian war of 1919–20 and, 17–18

  Japan, occupation of. See also MacArthur, Douglas; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

  Allied Council and, 64, 91, 93, 101, 166–67, 169, 176, 251, 281

  American soldiers’ treatment of Japanese people, 87–88, 105

  American troop levels, 52, 58–61, 289

  baseball and, 244–48

  biological weapons and, 60, 82, 106, 132, 139–40, 177–78, 180–81, 183–98, 206, 209–10, 250, 289, 296

  civilian affairs teams and, 94–95

  Cold War and, 221

  Communists and, 143, 152, 166–76, 227, 242, 253, 287, 290

  constitution and, 86, 95, 113–14, 117, 121, 125–46, 152, 176, 219, 228, 251, 257, 262–63, 228, 283, 287, 289, 294

  cost of, to U.S., 229, 233, 237–38, 243

  cultural and religious objects and, 89, 110–12, 218

  demilitarization and disarmament and, 86, 103–6, 217–18, 228, 233

  democratization and political reforms and, 20, 28, 56, 60, 62–66, 78–80, 86–90, 95–96, 113–15, 122, 124–25, 140n, 145–46, 152, 168–69, 218–20, 224–28, 234, 238

  devastation and, xv–xvii, 50–51

  economic reforms and, 20, 50, 90–91, 96, 221–23, 226, 228–43, 292, 297–98

  educational reforms and, 20, 79, 86, 121, 123–24, 126, 141, 146, 149, 153, 219, 281

  elections and voting rights and, 124, 127, 140–43, 145, 148–49, 152, 169–70, 173–74, 176–77, 219

  emperor’s status and, 115–18, 127–28, 131–32, 136, 138–39, 144–45, 228

  ended, in 1952, 86

  FEC and, 63–64, 91–94, 112, 127, 134, 136, 139, 141–44, 174–76, 227, 229, 233, 238n, 252, 271

  feudalism and, 28, 88, 90, 108–9, 114, 128, 147–48, 251, 285

  fishing and whaling and, 50, 64

  flag, 145

  food and medical aid and, 31, 49–50, 86–87, 91, 93, 103–11, 114, 169, 283, 287

  Hirohito and, 10, 13, 16–17, 20–21, 23–24, 30, 46, 53–55, 67–80, 82, 85–86, 88, 74, 116–21, 132, 144–45, 161, 177, 188, 194–95, 199, 206, 209–10, 212, 218, 249, 289–90

  hoarded goods scandal and, 239–40

  industry and, 60, 78, 112–14, 221, 233, 237, 241–42

  inflation and, 109, 113, 170, 232, 236, 240–41

  Initial Post-Surrender Policy on, 20, 59–61, 89, 92, 146, 231–32, 238n

  Iraq occupation vs., 280–81, 298–99

  Ishii immunity and, 188–93

  Japanese memory of, today, 294–95

  Japanese translation and, 135, 139–40, 210

  JSC 1380/15 policy memo on, 89–91

  Kido arrest and, 77

  labor-intensive nature of, 85–86

  labor rights and, 20, 91, 95–96, 113–14, 121, 126, 142, 146, 149, 152, 169–74, 220, 230, 237, 252, 284, 287–88, 290

  land reform and, 91, 96, 108–10, 114, 169, 219–21, 226

  length of, 86, 96, 223–24

  life expectancy and, 107

  living standards and, 112–13, 224, 237

  local government and, 89, 94–95, 104, 149, 281

  MacArthur on limits of, 96

  MacArthur’s arrival and, xvi–xvii, 19–31, 51–54

  MacArthur’s authority and, 63, 65

  MacArthur’s departure and, 264–66

  MacArthur’s leadership, and success of, xiii–xv, 280–92

  MacArthur’s plan for, 15–16, 19–20, 49, 86, 88–89

  marriage, inheritance, and property reform and, 146–48, 151–53, 218

  militarists and, 27–28, 30, 47, 49, 51, 60, 75–76, 79, 82, 86, 88–90, 94, 108–9, 115–16, 121, 149, 219, 221, 229, 231, 233, 238, 240–41, 269–70, 281

  Missouri surrender at beginning of, 34–41, 46, 58, 82, 88, 165, 178, 183, 201, 213, 297

  NSC 13/2 policy statement on, 228–29, 236

  peace treaty and, 86, 175, 223, 226, 229, 238, 250–51, 253, 261, 271, 273–74, 295–96

  police and, 20, 191–93, 229, 251, 257, 287

  political prisoners and, 20, 113, 142, 168–69

  population and immigration and, 85–86

  religion and, 115–18, 122–24

  renunciation of war and, 136, 251, 257, 262–63, 287

  reparations and, 112–13, 168, 229, 231–34, 233n, 242–43, 252, 263

  repatriation, 89, 103–4, 175, 196, 238, 249–50, 287

  “reverse course” vs. “shift” in, 228–43

  SCAP chain of command and, 91–94

  State Department and, 52, 55–56, 59, 63–65, 92, 101, 103, 115, 125, 127, 141–42, 144, 163, 176, 190, 201, 223–29, 233n, 260

  taxes and, 241–42

  trade and, 126, 221–22, 242–43, 274, 292, 297–98

  U.S. Army manuals and, 102–3

  USSR and, 165–69, 174–76, 195–96

  war crimes and, 60, 73, 75, 106, 139–40, 183, 188–213, 221, 286

  women’s rights and, 20, 49, 79, 114, 121, 124, 126, 130–31, 141–42, 145–53, 218–20, 228, 284, 288

  zaibatsu and, 60, 91, 96, 109, 121, 126, 146, 211, 230–42, 238n, 288, 292

  Japan, surrender of, 10–11, 19, 23–24, 48, 55, 72, 73

  documents of, 16–17, 35

  MacArthur’s speech to Americans after, 43–46

  Missouri signing ceremony (September 2, 1945), 32, 34–47, 75

  Japan Civil Liberties Union, 220

  Japanese Central Bank, 240

  Japanese Civil Code, 130–31, 151

  Japanese High Command, 18

  Japanese Imperial Forces, 41

  Japanese language and translation, 96, 135, 139–40, 210

  Japanese people, life expectancy of, 107

  Japan of Today, The (booklet), 295

  JCS 1380/15 (memorandum of November 3, 1945), 89–91, 108, 113, 146, 238n

  Johnson, Carmen, 171

  Johnson, Hugh, 26

  Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 85, 128, 163, 187, 251, 253, 271, 290

  economy and, 232

  Hirohito and, 132

  Ishii and war crimes trials and, 187, 190, 192–93, 195, 296

  Korean War and, 256, 259, 261, 264

  SCAP chain of command and, 92

  Justice Department, U.S., 190

  Kades, Charles, 95, 97–98, 127, 129, 131–32, 137–38, 147

  Kamakura Buddha, 25

  kamikaze pilots, 20, 27, 28, 108, 116

  Kami (spiritual forces), 116

  Kanto Kyogo company, 22

  Kase, Toshikazu, 35–37, 39–41, 46, 77

  Kato, Masuo, 88

  Kau
ffman, James Lee, 222, 231, 234

  Kawai, Kazuo, 29, 292

  Keeler, Willie, 70

  Keenan, Joseph, 161, 200, 205, 207, 209

  Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 135

  Kennan, George F., 173, 201, 222–29, 232–33, 235, 237, 242, 254, 271, 278, 290

  Kennedy, John F., 255, 259, 297

  Kenney, George, 13, 96, 159, 164, 272

  Kern, Harry, 234

  Khabarovsk war crimes trial, 250

  Kido, Marquis Koichi, 77, 80, 125–26, 213

  Kim Il Sung, 177, 260

  Kimmel, Husband E., 32

  King, Ernest, xv, 6, 162, 278

  King George V (British battleship), 39

  Kipling, Rudyard, xiv

  Konoe, Prince Fumimaro, 125, 147, 176, 212–13

  Korea, 100n, 177

  reparations and, 112–13

  repatriation and, 89, 103

  Korean War, 58n, 86, 160, 161, 175, 211, 243, 254–66, 272–75, 299

  38th parallel order, 259

  Wake Island meeting with Truman on, 259–60, 290–91

  Yalu River and Chinese attack, 260–61, 264, 269, 274–75

  Kotter, John, 285

  Krug, Julius A., 223

  Kurile Islands, 165, 255, 256

  Kuroki, Commander, 22

  Kyoto, 160

  Labor Standards Law (Japan, 1947), 149, 152

  labor unions and rights, 20, 91, 95–96, 113–14, 121, 126, 142, 146, 149, 152, 220, 230, 237, 284, 287–88, 290

  strikes and, 170–74, 176, 252

  Ladejinsky, Wolf, 109

  land reform, 91, 108–10, 114, 169, 219, 220, 221, 226

  Language Arbritration Board, 210

  Lansdowne (U.S. destroyer), 37–38

  Lauterbach, Richard, 140n

  Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (Japan, 1950), 111

  League of Nations Covenant (1919), 135

  Leahy, William, xv, 6, 184, 194

  Lee, Robert E., 4, 7, 55

  Leyte, Battle of, 13, 33

  liberals and liberalism, 95–96, 109, 142, 124, 221

  Lien, Al, 246

  Life magazine, 294

  Lilienthal, David E., 184

  Lincoln, Abraham, 39, 69, 157, 161

  Lippmann, Walter, 288

  literacy, 140n

  “Living National Treasures,” 111–12

  living standards, 112–13, 224, 237

  Livy, 154

  Local Autonomy Act (Japan, 1946), 149

  local government, 89, 94–95, 104, 149, 281

  Los Angeles water supply, 181

  Loucks, Charles, 184

  Luce, Clare Boothe, 99

  Luce, Henry, 99

  Luzon, Battle of, 13, 159, 184

  MacArthur, Arthur IV (son), 42, 160, 205, 294

  MacArthur, Arthur, Jr. (father), 4, 22

  as military governor of Philippines, 66, 110

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Acheson and, 271

  achievements and legacy of, xiii–xvii, 220, 250–51, 272–92

  achievements of, in Two Hundred Days, 102–14

  ACJ and, 64–65, 93, 101, 169, 251

  administrative skills of, 94, 284–85

  advisory groups and oversight of, 63–65, 155

  American flag raised in Tokyo by, 53

  American soldiers’ treatment of Japanese and, 87

  American tutor for crown prince and, 79

  announces military government of Japan, 51–52

  appointed SCAP by Truman, xiv, 3–11, 277

  appointed to command Pacific war, by FDR, 12–13

  arrest of Japanese generals and, 82

  arrival of, at Atsugi, Japan, xvi–xvii, 19–31

  arrival of, in Tokyo, 53–54

  assassination attempt on, 164

  Atcheson and, 101

  atom bomb and, 49, 73

  awards, honors, and medals and, 4–6, 22, 32, 54, 54n, 265

  background of, before occupation, 4–6

  baseball and, 244–48

  Bill of Rights directive and, 125

  biological weapons and war crimes and, 179, 183–97, 289, 295–96

  birth of, 4

  bold moves of, and Washington, 287–88

  Bonus Army and, 7–8

  bureaucracy and, 15–16

  Byrne and State Department and, 142–43

  Christianity and, 123

  Churchill on, xiii, 28

  civil liberties and, 220

  Cold Warriors oppose reforms of, 221–28, 234–35

  command accountability and, 205

  Communists and, 168–73, 175–76, 226–27

  Communist threat in Asia and, 175, 241–42, 252–53

  concern for lives and, 33n, 70

  congressional testimony of, 274–75

  constitutional reforms and, 86, 113–14, 125–45, 176, 289

  cultural preservation and, 110–12

  death of, xvii, 293

  decisiveness and, 15, 19

  delegation by, 96–97, 104–5

  democracy in Japan and, 62–63, 124, 234

  departure from Japan and accolades to, 175, 265–66

  disarmament and, 104–6

  Dodge and, 236–37, 242–43

  domino theory and, 252–53

  Draper and, 232–34, 237, 239

  “Dugout Doug” nickname and, 12

  Dulles Peace Mission and, 262–64, 273–74

  early travels to Japan, in 1905–6, 69

  economic policy and, 221–24, 226, 228–44

  economic policy and, “shift” vs. “reverse course,” 228–29

  educational reform and, 123–24

  Eichelberger and, 13–14, 100–101, 161, 163, 236, 278–79, 282, 287

  Eisenhower and, 34, 78, 101, 162, 279, 286–87, 291

  elections of 1946 and, 142, 145, 169–70

  enemies of, 56, 278–79

  face-to-face meetings preferred by, 15–16, 158

  father and, 22

  FDR and, 102

  fear of, in Japan, 75

  FEC and, 63–64, 92–94, 112, 141–44, 227, 271

  food shortages and, 31, 49–50, 105–10

  football and, 293–94

  Fortune attack on reforms of, 237–41

  goals of, and eleven objectives list, 288–89

  goals of, and five necessary reforms list, 146

  goals of, and mission statement of, 88–89

  government workers’ compensation and, 170–71

  Grew and, 55–56

  Halsey and Japanese swords and, 55

  Harvard honorary degree unclaimed by, 159

  Hirohito and, 69, 76, 80, 86, 89, 199, 206, 249, 289

  Hirohito’s divine status and, 78, 116–21

  Hirohito’s meetings with, 67–79, 161

  Hirohito’s photograph with, 67, 74

  Hirohito’s white horse and, 53–54

  history studies by, 14–15, 65–66, 96, 157, 212, 225, 240

  hoarded goods scandal and, 239–40

  humanitarian aid and, 86, 105–9

  idealism of, 291–92

  Inchon landing and, 258, 299

  independence and insubordination of, 7, 230

  Initial Post-Surrender policy and role of, 59–61, 89, 146, 231–32

  “I shall return” and, xvi, 3, 6, 33, 71, 75, 220

  Japan postwar defense issue and, 243

  Japanese flag and, 145

  Japanese government holdings list and, 80

  Japanese and “boy of twelve” insult by, 269–71

  Japanese people’s letters to, 161–62, 164

  Japanese POW repatriation and, 174–75, 250

  Japanese psychology and, 16, 27–28, 77–78

  JCS 1380/15 memo on policy and, 89–92

  JFK meeting with, 297

  Kennan visit to Japan and, 224–29, 232, 235, 237

  Kido arrest and, 76–77

  Konoe meeting with, 125

  Korean War and, 58n,
161, 254–62, 264–66, 272–73

  labor unions and, 113–14

  land reform and, 108–9, 169

  later life of, after Korea, 293–94

  leadership qualities of, 15, 154–55, 276–77, 281–92

  legacy of, 270–72

  legacy of, forgotten in Japan, 271–72

  library of, destroyed, 110, 159

  manufacturing and, 112–13

  Marquat and, 100

  marriage and family and, 155n, 160

  Marshall and, 97, 224

  memoirs of, 20, 151–52, 293

  message to Japanese of May 3, 1948, 249

  message to Japanese on New Year’s 1948, 123

  militarism purge by, 79, 86

  military medicine and, 180

  military strategy of, 70

  occupation strategy of, 19–20, 49–51, 56–57, 65–66, 86–87, 89, 96, 224, 251, 280–81

  office of, 154–58

  Okinawa base and, 256

  orders disobeyed by, 211

  OSS and, 11–12

  peace treaty and, 229, 250, 253, 262–63, 271, 273–74

  personality of, 7, 11, 155, 160–64, 277–79, 285–87

  personality of, and self-control, 285–86

  personality of, as hard-headed “softie,” 163–64, 272

  Philippines and, 4–6, 8, 10–13, 15, 26, 32–33, 75, 97, 201, 202, 204

  Philippines war crimes trials and, 200–206

  plane ride to Japan, 9–13

  “plight of the conqueror” and, 277–78

  policy directives to, 238n

  policy shifts and caution of, 235

  political prisoners freed by, 168–69

  political reforms and, 86–87, 95–96, 171, 221, 227

  power of, 62–64, 90–93, 96

  precepts of, 14–16

  preparation and, 14–15

  presidential aspirations of, 162–63, 234

  press and, 161, 221

  protector role and, 249–66

  public opinion and, 162–63

  rearmament of Japan resisted by, 251–52

  refusal to return to U.S., 159

  religion and, 123

  remaking of Japan, as goal of, 55–56

  reparations and, 112–13, 168, 232–34

  repatriation and, 103–4

  Russo-Japanese War and, 22–23

  SCAP chain of command and, 91–92

  SCAP organization chart and team of, 94–101

  Shigemitsu meeting on first directives and, 51–53

  Shinto and, 115–17

  Siberian campaign of 1919–20 and, 17, 100

  “sound policy” and, 288

  Soviets and, 18

  speeches to Japanese, 291

  speech to ACJ of April 5, 1946, 64

  speech to Americans, on surrender signing, 43–46

  speech to Congress, post-firing, 274

  speech to Japanese, on surrender signing, 40–41

 

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