Coates, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-1481 (2021) Cultural memories of occupation in the Japanese cinema theatre, 1945-52. In: Taylor, J.E., (ed.) Visual Histories of Occupation : A Transcultural Dialogue. Bloomsbury Academic , London , pp. 75-96. ISBN 9781350142206
Abstract
In some respects the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 would appear to be a relatively straightforward kind of occupation, which could be characterized fairly simply as 'a form of government imposed by force or threat thereof'. Following the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which ended a protracted and widespread military campaign of fifteen years in East Asia and the Pacific region, Japan was extremely vulnerable to further force, or the threat of force, from the victorious Allies. Prominent historians such as John Dower have argued that the citizens of postwar Japan even embraced defeat. The Allied occupation of Japan, lead predominantly by US forces (except in Hiroshima, Tottori, Okayama, Shimane, Yamaguchi and the island of Shikoku), is popularly understood as a successful example of occupation, laying the ground for a special relationship between Japan and the United States for decades to come.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Jeremy E. Taylor. Published by Bloomsbury Academic under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2021 09:55 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2021 09:55 |
Published Version: | https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/visual-... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5040/9781350167513.ch-003 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176865 |