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Why Iraq Is Not Japan. John W. Dower.

by Dower, John W; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 10Business. Publisher: San Jose Mercury News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Building | Iraq War (2003) -- Reconstruction | Iraqis -- Attitudes | Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 | Japan -- Politics and government | Japanese -- Attitudes | United States -- Armed Forces -- Forces in Iraq | United States -- Armed Forces -- Forces in JapanDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The occupation of Japan began in August 1945....The occupation lasted more than 6 years, almost twice as long as the Pacific war itself. And today, a half-century later, U.S. forces are still there--overwhelmingly and abrasively in Okinawa, and less blatantly throughout the rest of the Japanese archipelago. If the occupation of Japan offers any lesson for the present [May 2003] situation in Iraq, it is probably this spectacle of interminable entanglement. It is easier to move the viceroys and armies into foreign territory than to get them out." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) This article compares and contrasts the rebuilding of Japan following World War II to the current situation in Iraq.
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Originally Published: Why Iraq Is Not Japan, May 1, 2003; pp. n.p..

"The occupation of Japan began in August 1945....The occupation lasted more than 6 years, almost twice as long as the Pacific war itself. And today, a half-century later, U.S. forces are still there--overwhelmingly and abrasively in Okinawa, and less blatantly throughout the rest of the Japanese archipelago. If the occupation of Japan offers any lesson for the present [May 2003] situation in Iraq, it is probably this spectacle of interminable entanglement. It is easier to move the viceroys and armies into foreign territory than to get them out." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) This article compares and contrasts the rebuilding of Japan following World War II to the current situation in Iraq.

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