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Korea containment
- can be seen as success: communism kept north of 38th parallel
- roll-back failed
- impact on us foreign policy (nsc-68, militarization, globalization of CW)
- great costs of containment (economic, human, impact on future)
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japan containment
successful
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us occupation of japan
- in 1945
- initial aim - weak and pacifist Japan
- demilitarization, trial for war criminals, devising constitution
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japan - constitution
- bill of rights - clause 'renouncing war forever'
- rights of individual
- fully democratic society
- emperor's role reduced to focus of people's unity
- laws favourable to trade unions
- breaking up of powerful elite Japanese families (zaibatsu)
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shift of cw to asia - japan
- need for strong, non-communist ally
- communism should be wiped out
- military and economic capability of resisting communist threats
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after cw shifts - japan
- trade unions banned from striking
- restrictions on communists
- zaibatsu allowed to continue
- red purge in government and unions
- japan established self-defence force
- american-japanese security treaty (1951): retention of american bases in japan, japan couldn't grant anyone military bases without consent
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success in japan
- development of economy
- conservative government
- not certain whether due to us efforts
- japanese government resisted demands from us for military force and regional defence alliance
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us policy taiwan after korean war
- changed after korean war
- before no aim to help nationalists in communist china
- seventh fleet retreat (1953)
- us recognized taiwan as only official chinese state
- economic and military aid
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seventh fleet retreat
- eisenhower withdrew in 1953
- jiang jieshi (taiwan nationalist leader) unleashed
- raiding of coast of China
- Chinese bombed Quemoy and Matsu, invaded Tachen Islands
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Formosa Resolution
- passed by congress
- Eisenhower can take whatever military action he thinks necessary
- threat of nuclear weapons to China - massive retaliation and brinkmanship policies
- USSR pressure on China
- Chinese bombed Quemoy and Matsu in 1958 again - Seventh Fleet into Taiwan Strait, threat of nuclear weapons
- Taiwan retained independence
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