Research Catalog

Title

The occupation of Japan : the rhetoric and the reality of Anglo-Australasian relations, 1939-1952 / George Davies.

Author

Davies, G. N. (George Neville)

Publication

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2001.

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Details

Description

xviii, 391 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945
• Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [370]-378) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Rhetoric -- Relations between Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the United States -- Responsibilities of national commanders in a multinational force -- Communications between army commanders and national governments -- The diversion of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Burma -- The return of the 9th Division and the request to relieve 2 NZEF -- New directions and the arrival of MacArthur in Australia -- The "Parties Principal" -- The contribution of the AIF in the Middle East -- The war in the Pacific -- The Royal Australian Navy -- The Royal Australian Air Force -- Support from home -- The contribution of the New Zealand Army -- The Royal New Zealand Navy -- The Royal New Zealand Air Force -- Total commitment of New Zealand armed forces -- The cost of the war -- Comparison of the contribution of various countries -- Potsdam and the Japanese Surrender -- Towards a British Commonwealth Force -- The Reality -- The Arrival and Dispersal of BCOF Troops in Japan -- The Army -- The Air Force -- The Navy -- Divided Control -- The Far Eastern Commission and the Allied Control Council for Japan -- Military control -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia (JCOSA) -- Integration -- Relations with the United Kingdom Liaison Mission in Tokyo (UKLIM) -- Amenities and Welfare Services -- Accommodation -- Fire -- Food -- Clothing -- Leave centres and recreation facilities -- The Ys -- Canteens -- Chaplaincy services -- Education and Rehabilitation Services -- Ordnance -- Duties, Responsibilities and Outcomes.

ISBN

0702232092

LCCN

^^2001430472

OCLC

• 47770347
• SCSB-11904651

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library