1964 - The Greatest Year in the History of Japan
How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan’s Miraculous Rise from the Ashes
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1964 - The Greatest Year in the History of Japan
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David Shih
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Roy Tomizawa
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Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over three million dead, 39 percent of city populations homeless, 40 percent of all urban areas flattened, 80 percent of all ships destroyed, and 33 percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized.
And yet, just 19 years later, Japan stood proud-modern, peace-loving, and open - welcoming the world as the host of the 1964 Olympics, the largest global event of its time.
In 1964 - The Greatest Year in the History of Japan, Roy Tomizawa chronicles how Japan rose from the rubble to embark on the greatest Asian economic miracle of the 20th century. He shares stories from the 1964 Olympics that created a level of alignment and national pride never before seen in Japan, leaving an indelible mark in the psyche of the Japanese for generations.
©2019 Roy Tomizawa (P)2020 Tantor
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Sadly, the work is poorly structured and just does not deliver. Repeatedly, it goes off on non pertinent tangents, talking for instance of the Berlin Wall, of the separation of Korean families following the civil war and of two Bulgarian athletes getting married during the Games. Thus, very annoyingly, much importance is given to anecdotal ‘human interest’ stories, at the expense of further developing the overall social, economic and cultural picture.
Worse, no original research seems to have been carried out and all material seems to originate from previous books and articles, which are duly quoted.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to fathom any justification to recommend this offering to anyone.
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