America's Japan: The First Year, 1945-1946

by Grant Goodman and Grant K. Goodman

One of the few non-Japanese Americans trained to read, write, and speak Japanese, Princeton undergraduate Grant Goodman had a privileged position during World War II. As an Army lieutenant, Goodman served in the Philippines at the close of the war and in Tokyo as an intelligence officer on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. Goodman translated thousands of letters, interviews, and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds, and came to know,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823225151
• ISBN13: 9780823225156
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"