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202A0120020314Ian Buruma on the post-war occupation of Japan, during which General MacArthur tried to transform Japanese life and turn a military state into a Western-style democracy (1/2).
202A0220020321Ian Buruma on the post-war occupation of Japan. He looks at how, as the Cold War set in, American authorities began to regret encouraging the Left and demobilising Japan's army.