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Dates: during 1940-1949
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DILEMMA IN JAPAN-Andrew Roth-Little, Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down with Grew & Hirohito | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...that Japan has been conquered by scientific, mechanical and military skill, has the U.S. the political skill to make the victory stick? Andrew Roth, an expert on Japan, doubts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down with Grew & Hirohito | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...onetime Naval intelligence lieutenant -now under federal indictment for a suspected part in departmental leaks (TIME, June 18)-26-year-old Author Roth is a passionate, informed, biased and frequently angry witness. A large chunk of his book is given over to a savage recapitulation of the "naive" prewar Tokyo policies of ex-U.S. Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew: a "handsome . . . distinguished elderly gentleman" who is, to Author Roth, "the personification of the predominant school of American policy toward Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down with Grew & Hirohito | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

Sitting pretty well left of center, Roth does not worry about a burgeoning U.S.S.R. He has nothing but contempt for the power politics which would use a strong and militaristic Japan as a bulwark against communism. In the same category, he places the Grew-inspired policy of catering to Hirohito "because he might turn out to be the sole stabilizing force" in a Nippon ruptured by defeat. Except, he says, for speeding the surrender (now accomplished), the U.S. cannot do business with the Emperor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down with Grew & Hirohito | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...Roth's reasons for his conclusions are impressive because they are well documented. Roth has dug into the "folklore" that has falsely painted Japan as a nation of fanatics. He also examines the history of the Emperor's "holy" position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down with Grew & Hirohito | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

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