Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Part 1 Taking Control
1 A President Rolls the Dice 3
2 Flying Nine Hundred Miles from Okinawa to Atsugi 10
3 "The Most Courageous Act of the Entire War" 26
4 Sword Sheathed, but Gleaming in Its Scabbard 32
5 "Down but Not Out" 47
6 Harry Truman Throws a Fit 58
7 The Photograph that Saved a Thousand Ships 67
8 What to Do with the Emperor and the Militarists? 75
Part 2 Vigorous Execution
9 Organizing for Success 85
10 Occupier as Humanitarian 102
11 The Emperor Is not a Kami 115
12 Drawing Up a Utopia 125
13 MacArthur Breaks the Impasse 134
14 His Most Radical Reform 146
15 "He Has a Letter from God" 154
16 Russian Trouble 165
17 "Where's Ishii?" 178
18 "Cherry Blossoms at Night" 191
19 The Nuremberg of the East 198
Part 3 Washington Takes over
20 George Kennan Pays a Visit 217
21 A Shift in Emphasis 230
22 "The Greatest Piece of Diplomacy, Ever" 244
23 Occupier as Protector 249
Part 4 Epilogue
24 Had He Died at Inchon 269
25 A Man Deeply Flawed: How Did He Do It? 276
26 Aftermath 293
Notes 301
Works Cited 331
Index 343