Editors

Presidents and Officers

Acknowledgements 　
　
1 A Historian Living with Us Still: A Tribute to the Late Professor Merrill Jensen
5 Editor’s Introduction: Japanese Interpretations of the American Revolution
46 Contributors
48 This Journal’s Policy of Romanizing Japanese Names and Words

Articles 　
49 Makoto Saito What Was Meant by “Independence” in the Declaration of Independence?

59 Tadashi Aruga Revolutionary Diplomacy and the Franco-American Treaties of 1778

101 Takeshi Igarashi The Leadership of the Pennsylvania Republicans: A Study of the Formative Process of the American Federal System
127 Keiji Tajima Alexander Hamilton and the Encouragement of Manufactures: An Interpretation of the Hamiltonian System

Symposium 　
157 Oshimo, Ikemoto, Kawakita, and Tomita The Shaping of Anglo-America: A Symposium on Early American History

173 Activities of the Association 1981-85

Editors

Presidents and Officers

1 On Starting the Japanese Journal of American Studies
5 Editor’s Introduction
16 Contributors
17 This Journal’s Policy of Romanizing Japanese Names and Words
18 Acknowledgements

Articles 　
19 Makoto Iokibe American Policy towards Japan’s “Unconditional Surrender”
55 Takeshi Igarashi MacArthur’s Proposal for an Early Peace with Japan and the Redirection of Occupation Policy toward Japan
87 Chihiro Hosoya The Road to San Francisco: The Shaping of American Policy on the Japanese Peace Treaty
119 Seigen Miyasato The Truman Administration and Indochina: Case Studies in Decision Making
151 Yonosuke Nagai The Korean War: An Interpretative Essay

Review Article 　
175 Sadao Asada Recent Works on the American Occupation of Japan: The State of the Art

193 Activities of the Association during 1979-81