Hugh Borton taught at Columbia University and later served as President of Haverford College. He authored a number of seminal works on Japan, including Japan's Modern Century (1955).

Spanning Japan's Modern Century will be greatly welcomed by historians. As one of the first Americans to work seriously on Japanese history, Hugh Borton's account of his career provides absorbing reading for anyone interested in the early development of Japanese studies in the West, but his exceptional experience as a State Department official in the crucial years between 1942 and 1948 give his recollections a further significance of a quite different kind. They offer an insider's view of, among many other things, American wartime planning for post-surrender Japan, relations between Washington and General MacArthur in the early stages of the postwar Occupation of Japan, and the attempts by the Far Eastern Commission to influence the process of Japanese constitutional reform in 1946, and they also throw new light on the problems Washington faced in dealing with Korea in the aftermath of Japan's defeat. Other Americans who were involved in this key period for East Asia have written about their experiences, but the length of Borton's service and his central role in shaping American policy on such vital issues as the treatment of the emperor and Japanese political reform give these memoirs a unique importance.

• Part 1 ForewordChapter 2 Growing up a QuakerPart 3 In Japan with the American Friends Service Committee, 1928-1930Chapter 4 First ImpressionsChapter 5 The Growing CrisisPart 6 Preparing for a Career in Japanese Studies, 1931-38Chapter 7 Graduate Study at Columbia, Harvard, and LeydenChapter 8 Research and Apprehension: Tokyo, 1935-1936Part 9 Teaching in a Time of Crisis, 1938-1942Chapter 10 On the Columbia FacultyChapter 11 The Demands of WarPart 12 Wartime Service in Washington, 1942-1945Chapter 13 Early Postwar PlanningChapter 14 Strenghtening the Peace Planning StructureChapter 15 Defining Unconditional Surrender for JapanChapter 16 Japan's SurrenderPart 17 Making Policy for Postwar Japan and Korea, 1945-1947Chapter 18 Problems of OccupationChapter 19 Revising Japan's ConstitutionChapter 20 Difficulties in KoreaChapter 21 Japan and Korea under OccupationChapter 22 Barriers to Peace with JapanPart 23 Return to Columbia, 1948-1956Chapter 24 Life at Hidden SpringsChapter 25 Japan Revisited, 1951-1952Chapter 26 Japanese Studies at ColumbiaPart 27 Home to Haverford, 1957-1967Chapter 28 The Challenges of a College President

Hugh Borton taught at Columbia University and later served as President of Haverford College. He authored a number of seminal works on Japan, including Japan's Modern Century (1955).

Spanning Japan's Modern Century will be greatly welcomed by historians. As one of the first Americans to work seriously on Japanese history, Hugh Borton's account of his career provides absorbing reading for anyone interested in the early development of Japanese studies in the West, but his exceptional experience as a State Department official in the crucial years between 1942 and 1948 give his recollections a further significance of a quite different kind. They offer an insider's view of, among many other things, American wartime planning for post-surrender Japan, relations between Washington and General MacArthur in the early stages of the postwar Occupation of Japan, and the attempts by the Far Eastern Commission to influence the process of Japanese constitutional reform in 1946, and they also throw new light on the problems Washington faced in dealing with Korea in the aftermath of Japan's defeat. Other Americans who were involved in this key period for East Asia have written about their experiences, but the length of Borton's service and his central role in shaping American policy on such vital issues as the treatment of the emperor and Japanese political reform give these memoirs a unique importance.

• Part 1 ForewordChapter 2 Growing up a QuakerPart 3 In Japan with the American Friends Service Committee, 1928-1930Chapter 4 First ImpressionsChapter 5 The Growing CrisisPart 6 Preparing for a Career in Japanese Studies, 1931-38Chapter 7 Graduate Study at Columbia, Harvard, and LeydenChapter 8 Research and Apprehension: Tokyo, 1935-1936Part 9 Teaching in a Time of Crisis, 1938-1942Chapter 10 On the Columbia FacultyChapter 11 The Demands of WarPart 12 Wartime Service in Washington, 1942-1945Chapter 13 Early Postwar PlanningChapter 14 Strenghtening the Peace Planning StructureChapter 15 Defining Unconditional Surrender for JapanChapter 16 Japan's SurrenderPart 17 Making Policy for Postwar Japan and Korea, 1945-1947Chapter 18 Problems of OccupationChapter 19 Revising Japan's ConstitutionChapter 20 Difficulties in KoreaChapter 21 Japan and Korea under OccupationChapter 22 Barriers to Peace with JapanPart 23 Return to Columbia, 1948-1956Chapter 24 Life at Hidden SpringsChapter 25 Japan Revisited, 1951-1952Chapter 26 Japanese Studies at ColumbiaPart 27 Home to Haverford, 1957-1967Chapter 28 The Challenges of a College President

Hugh Borton taught at Columbia University and later served as President of Haverford College. He authored a number of seminal works on Japan, including Japan's Modern Century (1955).

Spanning Japan's Modern Century will be greatly welcomed by historians. As one of the first Americans to work seriously on Japanese history, Hugh Borton's account of his career provides absorbing reading for anyone interested in the early development of Japanese studies in the West, but his exceptional experience as a State Department official in the crucial years between 1942 and 1948 give his recollections a further significance of a quite different kind. They offer an insider's view of, among many other things, American wartime planning for post-surrender Japan, relations between Washington and General MacArthur in the early stages of the postwar Occupation of Japan, and the attempts by the Far Eastern Commission to influence the process of Japanese constitutional reform in 1946, and they also throw new light on the problems Washington faced in dealing with Korea in the aftermath of Japan's defeat. Other Americans who were involved in this key period for East Asia have written about their experiences, but the length of Borton's service and his central role in shaping American policy on such vital issues as the treatment of the emperor and Japanese political reform give these memoirs a unique importance.

• Part 1 ForewordChapter 2 Growing up a QuakerPart 3 In Japan with the American Friends Service Committee, 1928-1930Chapter 4 First ImpressionsChapter 5 The Growing CrisisPart 6 Preparing for a Career in Japanese Studies, 1931-38Chapter 7 Graduate Study at Columbia, Harvard, and LeydenChapter 8 Research and Apprehension: Tokyo, 1935-1936Part 9 Teaching in a Time of Crisis, 1938-1942Chapter 10 On the Columbia FacultyChapter 11 The Demands of WarPart 12 Wartime Service in Washington, 1942-1945Chapter 13 Early Postwar PlanningChapter 14 Strenghtening the Peace Planning StructureChapter 15 Defining Unconditional Surrender for JapanChapter 16 Japan's SurrenderPart 17 Making Policy for Postwar Japan and Korea, 1945-1947Chapter 18 Problems of OccupationChapter 19 Revising Japan's ConstitutionChapter 20 Difficulties in KoreaChapter 21 Japan and Korea under OccupationChapter 22 Barriers to Peace with JapanPart 23 Return to Columbia, 1948-1956Chapter 24 Life at Hidden SpringsChapter 25 Japan Revisited, 1951-1952Chapter 26 Japanese Studies at ColumbiaPart 27 Home to Haverford, 1957-1967Chapter 28 The Challenges of a College President