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| | H-Net Review: Klaus Schlichtmann on The Origins of Japan's Democratic Constitution |
 | | It was then that Shidehara went to see MacArthur to put a stop to what by his sincere conviction, and all his diplomatic experience, he opposed. |
 | | Without going into the details of Shidehara's diplomatic life, it is clear that he opposed the military as foreign minister in the 1920s, and exerted a positive influence on China. |
 | | If Shidehara's many-volume diplomatic memories had survived the fire-bombing of Tokyo, we might know more about his motives and background, but as it is, it seems, we have to believe what he and most of the others who were involved in the making of Japan democratic constitution, including MacArthur, have said, i.e. |
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