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A 7 page research paper that examines how World War II caused fundamental changes in Japanese society. Prior to WWII, Japan was an authoritarian state where the individual had few rights. After WWII and the Allied occupation, the sovereignty of the Japanese state rested with the people for the first time in their history. The writer argues that huge assimilation of Western cultural ideals fits in with the overall pattern of Japanese history and that the behind a Western façade, the Japanese have succeeded in retaining their cultural identity. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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also of their entire culture. The Allies proceeded to institute radical change within the authoritarian system that existed at that time. But, it must also be realized that the
Japanese people were more then willing to change (Gibney, 1996). The dream was over-their leaders had failed them and the country was in ruins. The Japanese had always shown a
talent for assimilating features of other cultures that they admired and making them distinctly "Japanese." This talent has resulted in some remarkable changes in a very short period of time.
Why Japan Entered World War II When Japan entered World War II, it did so with the intention of only having to fight a limited war (Matlof, 1990). The ultimate
Japanese goal was to secure resources for its growing economy in Southeast Asia and China, and establish a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" (Matlof, 1990, p. PG). The strategy that
it adopted to accomplish these ends, however, is what would ultimately doom the Japanese cause. Japanese leaders felt that it was necessary to destroy, or at least neutralize, the
power of the United States fleet in the Pacific (Matlof, 1990) as a prerequisite before moving both southward and eastward to occupy Malaysia, the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. Once
control of this area was established, the Japanese believed that the Allies would, essentially, wear themselves out in frontal assaults against their perimeter until and eventually settle for a negotiated
peace that would leave Japan in control of its conquests. The plan worked perfectly except that the Japanese totally miscalculated the American character. Instead of being awed by the
decisiveness of their attack on Pearl Harbor, this served to unify what had previously been a divided population on the question of war and it aroused the United States to
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