Just one of the most compelling books of all time. Embrace of Defeat runs both thematically and chronologically from the end of the war to the signing of a peace treaty.
In his two most persuasive chapters, his fewer than ten lawyers on MacArthur’s staff(none of whom had constitutional experience) argued that the postwar Japanese constitution It explains that it was created in less than a week. Her one of those lawyers was a woman(she died in 2013) - she is responsible for protecting women’s strong rights in Japan.
On the other hand, of course, "Article 9", written by the same team, to this day limits Japan’s armed forces to a purely defensive role, prohibiting the country from remaining dependent on US protection, such as China. I am forcing you. It’s all explained.