Demilitarization and Democratization
3. KYODATSU: EXHAUSTION AND DESPAIR
Hunger and the Bamboo-Shoot Existence
Inflation and Economic Sabotage
“Butterflies,” “Onlys,” and Subversive Women
Brightness, Apples, and English
Bestsellers and Posthumous Heroes
The Experts and the Obedient Herd
Intellectuals and the Community of Remorse
Democratizing Everyday Language
Lovable Communists and Radicalized Workers
Unmaking the Revolution from Below
9. IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY: DRIVING THE WEDGE
Psychological Warfare and the Son of Heaven
The Letter, the Photograph, and the Memorandum
10. IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY: DESCENDING PARTWAY FROM HEAVEN
11. IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY: EVADING RESPONSIBILITY
Imperial Tours and the Manifest Human
12. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY: GHQ WRITES A NEW NATIONAL CHARTER
Regendering a Hermaphroditic Creature
Conundrums for the Men of Meiji
Popular Initiatives for a New National Charter
GHQ’s “Constitutional Convention”
Thinking about Idealism and Cultural Imperialism
13. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY: JAPANIZING THE AMERICAN DRAFT
“The Last Opportunity for the Conservative Group”
Unveiling the Draft Constitution
14. CENSORED DEMOCRACY: POLICING THE NEW TABOOS
15. VICTOR’S JUSTICE, LOSER’S JUSTICE
Showcase Justice: The Tokyo Tribunal
Victor’s Justice and Its Critics
Race, Power, and Powerlessness
16. WHAT DO YOU TELL THE DEAD WHEN YOU LOSE?
Irrationality, Science, and “Responsibility for Defeat”
Buddhism as Repentance and Repentance as Nationalism
Remembering the Criminals, Forgetting Their Crimes
Planning a Cutting-Edge Economy
Unplanned Developments and Gifts from the Gods