TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASIAN COUNTRIES AS THEY EMERGED FROM WORLD WAR II

This Gale Primary Sources series contains documents that explore Asia’s domestic and international concerns in the pivotal twentieth century, including both wartime and postwar accounts. These archival documents sourced by MacArthur Memorial Archive and Library, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Library of Congress, and more will aid research and instruction in international relations with Asia, U.S. foreign policy, military history, World War II and postwar studies, area studies in Asia in the twentieth century, and media studies.

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Asia in the Twentieth Century: General MacArthur, and War, Occupation, and Reconstruction in the Pacific, 1941–1972

The first collection in the Asia in the Twentieth Century series, these papers are focused on pivotal U.S.-led events in the Pacific during and following World War II. It gathers 23 collections sourced from the MacArthur Memorial Archive and Library and the United States National Archives and Records Association that chart the role of the U.S. and specifically the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur, in World War II; during the occupation and reconstruction of Japan; and through the postwar period in Korea, the Philippines, and beyond.

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