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New Histories of the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) - Chris Aldous Inaugural Lecture

This is a recording of the inaugural lecture delivered by Chris Aldous, Professor of Modern International History, on 26 October 2017. Talk Description: ​Much that has been written about the Occupation of Japan and its aftermath has focused on demilitarisation and democratisation, exploring exchanges over policy that took place in Tokyo between high level US reformers and Japanese officials. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to the social conditions in which reform took place, the health and welfare of the Japanese, and the wider realities of military rule. This lecture explores the crisis over food supply and nutrition, eased by the US policy to promote Japanese Antarctic whaling, but complicated by the desire of many American servicemen to hunt Japanese wildlife for sport when many Japanese were desperately trying to harvest it for food. Whilst permission to resume Antarctic whaling brought gratitude from the Japanese public, the behaviour of many US soldiers in the field caused resentment, suggesting a colonial mentality that undermined the American effort to win the peace. About Chris Aldous: Chris has a BA in Modern History (1st Class) from Sheffield University and a PhD from the LSE, titled Resisting Reform: Police and Society in Occupation Japan (1945-52). He taught history at the University of Derby from 1992 to 1993 before taking up a lectureship in modern Japanese history at the University of Winchester. He assumed the role of Head of History in September 2014. He has written extensively on the post-war occupations of mainland Japan (1945-52) and Okinawa (1945-72) and is currently working on the environmental history of the early post-war period.