HIS 1710 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dismantled, Dean Acheson, Joseph Grew
6 Nov 2016
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Seldom do we consider that japan has managed its own kind of vibrant democratic government ever since it achieved independence. Asians find the idea of popular sovereignty, the rule of law, human rights, and self- government tremendously appealing. Japan security treaty has kept the peace in east asia since the end of hostilities on the. The fact that japan has been less successful in adapting it to its own culture has given hope to others in asia. Political parties emerged from these movements under the leadership of former samurai who had been left out of the new meiji government. The japanese people gained substantial experience with elections, party government, parliamentary rule, universal manhood suffrage, and freedom of political expression. Efforts to limit powers of the emperor and to bring the military under party control, however, were doomed to failure. A powerful group, headed by secretary of state james f. byrnes and under secretary of.
