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Ruth Benedict

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Noun1.Ruth Benedict - United States anthropologist (1887-1948)


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And so the government hired the famous anthropologist Ruth Benedict, who produced her classic study The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, which contributed to the tremendously successful American occupation of Japan.
Recommended reading on Japan: The Sword and the Chrysanthemum by Ruth Benedict and The Japanese Chronicles by Nicolas Bouvier.
Anthropologist Ruth Benedict later claimed that "the Japanese were the most alien enemy the United States had ever fought in an all-out struggle.
 
 
 
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