The Atomic Bomb Suppressed: American Censorship in Occupied Japan

by Monica Brau

Overview

Swedish journalist and author Braw draws on declassified documents and interviews in Japan and the US to reveal how the US occupation authorities established elaborate systems of censorship and disinformation among the Japanese press, scientists, and even novelists and poets, about the bombing of Hi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873326285
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1991
Series:	Japan in the Modern World Series
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Monica Brau

Table of Contents

Figures, Preface, Abbreviations, Acknowledgments to the Second Edition, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. The Atomic Bomb Presented to the World, 3. Ideals and Goals of U.S. Occupation Planning and Censorship, 4. SCAP Takes Charge of the Japanese Press, 5. The Allies and the Occupation, 6. Censorship in Practice, 7. Punishment for Violations, 8. Censorship of the Atomic Bomb, 9. Reasons for Censoring the Atomic Bomb, 10. Results of U.S. Censorship Operations in Japan, Notes, Bibliography, Index