Postwar Japan

Paul J. Bailey is a Senior Lecturer in East Asian history at the University of Edinburgh. His previous publications include China in the Twentieth Century (Blackwell, 1988).

• List of Figures. Outline Chronology.Introduction.1. The Path to 1945.2. The American Interregnum (1945-1952).3. The Creation of the Liberal-Democratic Party and Political Conflict in the 1950s and 1960s.4. The Emergence of an Economic Superpower.5. A New Imperial Era and the End of the LDP Hegemony.Guide to Further Reading.Bibliography.Glossary of Japanese Terms.

"This book will provide historians of modern Japan with a reliable, readable and engaging text to assign in new undergraduate courses that desperately need such an anchor." Professor Jeffrey Eldon Hanes, University of Oregon