Swedish journalist and author Braw draws on declassified documents and interviews in Japan and the US to reveal how the US occupation authorities established elaborate systems of censorship and disinformation among the Japanese press, scientists, and even novelists and poets, about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Swedish journalist and author Braw draws on declassified documents and interviews in Japan and the US to reveal how the US occupation authorities established elaborate systems of censorship and disinformation among the Japanese press, scientists, and even novelists and poets, about the bombing of Hi
Figures, Preface, Abbreviations, Acknowledgments to the Second Edition, Acknowledgments,
1. Introduction,
2. The Atomic Bomb Presented to the World,
3. Ideals and Goals of U.S. Occupation Planning and Censorship,
4. SCAP Takes Charge of the Japanese Press,
5. The Allies and the Occupation,
6. Censorship in Practice,
7. Punishment for Violations,
8. Censorship of the Atomic Bomb,
9. Reasons for Censoring the Atomic Bomb,
10. Results of U.S. Censorship Operations in Japan, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Monica Brau
