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Author Aldous, Christopher.

Title The police in occupation Japan : control, corruption and resistance to reform / Christopher Aldous.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 1
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Studies of the police in Japan and elsewhere; The Japanese police and the American Occupation; The Occupation structure; Police and society; Methodology and sources; Foundations; A national police organization; Wide-ranging police powers; The police ethos; Police methods; Thought control; Wartime and the neighbourhood associations; The Kenpei; The Consequences of defeat; United States policies; The health of the police institution; Economic conditions.
Summary This study focuses on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). Drawing on primary sources Aldous explores the Occupation's programme of 'democratization' and its legacy.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Allied Occupation of Japan (Japan : 1945-1952)
Police -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Police.
Japan.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Police.
Other Form: Print version: Aldous, Christopher. Police in occupation Japan. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 0415145260 9780415145268 (OCoLC)36475327
ISBN 0203440145
9780203440148
0585447233 (electronic book)
9780585447230 (electronic book)
9780415145268
9780203440148
0415145260