The Allied occupation of Japan is remembered as the -good occupation.- An American-led coalition successfully turned a militaristic enemy into a stable and democratic ally. Of course, the story was more complicated, but the occupation did forge one of the most enduring relationships in the postwar world. Recent events, from the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan to protests over American bases in Japan to increasingly aggressive territorial disputes between Asian nations over islands in the Pacific, have brought attention back to the subject of the occupation of Japan.
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The Allied occupation of Japan is remembered as the -good occupation.- An American-led coalition successfully turned a militaristic enemy into a st...
