One 24/9

*Introduction

*Video: The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Two 01/10

Lecture: Japan’s Road to War

*Seminar: Japan’s Decision for War – Reading the Documents

Three 08/10

*Film: Grave of the Fireflies

Four 15/10

Lecture: Aftermath and Occupation i: Reform

*Seminar: The Debate about the A-bomb

Five 22/10

*Film: Tokyo Story

Six 29/10

Lecture: Aftermath and Occupation ii: Punishment

* Assessed Seminar: Why did Japan go to war with the United States in 1941?

Seven 05/11

Lecture: From Apocalypse to Economic Miracle

*Assessed Seminar:

Either: How successfully did the U.S. democratise and demilitarise Japan after the war?

OR: Hirohito’s war responsibility: A moderate dupe of the military or war criminal?

Eight 12/11

Lecture: War, Memory and Popular Culture

*Assessed Seminar: A Free Ride? The American Occupation and the Economic Miracle.

OR What were the environmental costs of the ‘Miracle’?

Nine

26/11

Essays Q&A and Revision

*Assessed Seminar: The A-bomb in Memory and Popular Culture.

OR The War and Japanese Memory

Ten 3/12

*Film: Princess Mononoke