Still, MacArthur's prestige was such that his support could ... From the very beginning, it was clear that a primary objective of the occupation of Japan would be, as the Potsdam Declaration ...

The ambiguity surrounding his role in leading Japan to war makes simple ... power well past the end of the occupation. The second time around, Yoshida found MacArthur more accomodating, as the ...

Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of ... constitution," while others decried it as "MacArthur’s constitution." The future of Japan was a source of contention among the Allied ...

ending the seven-year U.S. occupation in the rest of Japan. According to the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, imperial advisor Hidenari Terasaki told MacArthur of Emperor Hirohito’s “opinion ...

"What do you think of Douglas MacArthur?" Few questions in military ... to win World War II and overseeing the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan, but also a man who could be vain ...