With MacArthur in Japan: A personal History of the Occupation, by Ambassador William Sebald
Very good condition for a second-hand book: light bumping to cover and jacket at bottom of spine end and top corners, light rubbing to jacket rear and very light soiling and tanning to front, rear and spine; very light tanning to pages, light tanning to edges, very slight foxing to top edge. As US Ambassador in occupied Japan, Sebald had a unique opportunity to observe the implementation of policy by General MacArthur and his staff. The author tells of the efforts to repatriate the 650,000 Japanese POWs held by the Soviets and follows through to the Korean War. Illustrated with photographs.
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