‘The Typist’: MacArthur in Tokyo
Awhile back, one of you recommended this novel about the American occupation of Japan. I read it and sort of enjoyed it. I found it kind of slight. My favorite was the opening vignette, titled ‘The Atom Bowl,’ about a football game in Hiroshima. It did make me think there is a good prequel for ...
Awhile back, one of you recommended this novel about the American occupation of Japan. I read it and sort of enjoyed it. I found it kind of slight. My favorite was the opening vignette, titled 'The Atom Bowl,' about a football game in Hiroshima.
Awhile back, one of you recommended this novel about the American occupation of Japan. I read it and sort of enjoyed it. I found it kind of slight. My favorite was the opening vignette, titled ‘The Atom Bowl,’ about a football game in Hiroshima.
It did make me think there is a good prequel for John Adams to write to ‘Nixon in China,‘ titled ‘MacArthur in Toyko.’ Maybe a trilogy, with the third part yet to come. Maybe McCain in Hanoi’?
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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