Date of Award
Spring 1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Director
Ralph F. deBedts
Committee Member
Carl Boyd
Committee Member
Thomas W. Burkman
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H47 H443
Abstract
This thesis is an examination of the role of American policy makers in the transformation of Japan from a defeated, disarmed enemy to a Cold War ally on the path to rearmament during the Allied Occupation (1945-1952). The original Occupation goals of disarmament and demilitarization for Japan were embodied in Article IX of the American-sponsored Japanese Constitution of 1947. These goals were unilaterally discarded. 'by American policy makers as the Cold War developed and U,S. security policy in Asia dictated that Japan be rehabilitated as an ally. Douglas MacArthur presided over the Occupation of Japan almost in its entirety, and he is the principal policy maker examined in this thesis. George Kennan, whose recommendations led to the "reverse course" of 1947-48, is also evaluated, along with Dean Acheson and John Foster Dulles.
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DOI
10.25777/3p25-yk58
Recommended Citation
Hehman, Thomas J..
"U.S. Security Policy in Postwar Japan; The Making of a Cold War Ally"
(1977). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/3p25-yk58
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/153
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