By Richard B. Finn
Finn attracts on a magnificent variety of sources—American, eastern, British, and Australian—including interviews with approximately 100 individuals within the profession. He describes the conflict crimes trials, constitutional reforms, and American efforts to rebuild Japan. The paintings of George Kennan in making political balance and fiscal restoration the pinnacle targets of the U.S. grew to become serious within the face of the constructing chilly War.
Winners in Peace will reduction our realizing of Japan today—its financial development, its type of executive, and the powerful pacifist spirit of its people.
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