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Diplomacy Interrupted?: Macmahon Ball, Evatt And Labor’S Policies In Occupied Japan, Christine M. De Matos
Diplomacy Interrupted?: Macmahon Ball, Evatt And Labor’S Policies In Occupied Japan, Christine M. De Matos
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Historiography on the Australian political and diplomatic role in the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) gives disproportionate attention to the meetings between the Australian Minister for External Affairs, H.V. Evatt, and the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan (SCAP), General Douglas MacArthur, in Tokyo during 1947. These meetings are then linked to the subsequent resignation from the Allied Council for Japan (ACJ) of William Macmahon Ball, an Australian academic representing the British Commonwealth, and used to justify the claim that Australian policy towards Occupied Japan was unpredictable and ad hoc. This attention to Ball’s resignation has distorted analysis …
The Case Of Nikko Jiken: Occupation, Reform, Power And Conflict, Christine M. De Matos
The Case Of Nikko Jiken: Occupation, Reform, Power And Conflict, Christine M. De Matos
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper explores a labour dispute in Occupied Japan in Hiroshima during the so-called 'reverse course', and the role of Australia occupation soldiers in the events.