History of Japanese Culture and Institutions : History 256
Topic Twelve: The New Japan

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  Essay
1.  Why were the Japanese able to recover rapidly from the devastation of the War to become a global economic power by the 1980s?
2.  What did the United State occupation of Japan aim to accomplish and how did it proceed to do so?  Evaluate the American experience in Japan following the War until the 1950s.