Simon Avenell, "A History of Postwar Japan: Recovery, Prosperity, and Transformation" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Podcast: New Books in Japanese Studies (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Simon Avenell, "A History of Postwar Japan: Recovery, Prosperity, and Transformation" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)Pub date: 2025-12-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis sweeping history tells the story of contemporary Japan from its defeat in the Asia-Pacific War in 1945 until the early decades of the new millennium. How did the Japanese people deal with the collapse of its empire and the American-led occupation? What factors played into Japan's remarkable…
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