Even controversial but entirely reasonable statements about the global milieu in which Japan’s leaders embarked on war (the shock of the Great Depression, the breakdown of global capitalism, worldwide trends toward protectionism and autarchy, the models as well as pressures of European and American imperialism, Western racism, and the countervailing racial and anticolonial ideals of Pan-Asianism) could be deemed not merely incitements to unrest, but also transgressions of “truth,” not to speak of criticism of the occupation’s policies and of the victorious powers.