Dilemma in Japan (1945)

"We Are Virtually as Unprepared to Mentally CopeWith the Problem of Japan's Postwar Political FutureAs We Were to Cope with the Problems of War on Sunday, December 7, 1941" Roth, Andrew. Dilemma in Japan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. Octavo. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition of this work written before VJ-Day arguing that the Allied plan for a postwar Japan was just as dangerous as that for the Weimar Republic and that permanent peace would require regime change. The author, Andrew Roth, was a recognized expert on the Far East, who wrote extensively on wartime Japan for publications including the New York Times. This work, written prior to the dropping of the atomic bombs and the Japanese defeat, nevertheless recognizes Japan on the verge of losing the war and the need for a coherent post-war plan. Roth believed that the preference of the Allies for a peace leaving in place feudal structures including the emperor while working with so-called moderates would only result in event