HIST 1708 Lecture 36: HIST1708 Lecture36
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2. 1 million military and civilians dead(1940 popoulation = 73m) Allied occupation of japan begins sept. 6, 1945. Gen. douglas macarthur and/as scap(supreme commander for allied powers) Macarthur and scap ruled through the existing government. Demilitarization destroying was material identifying and prosecuting was criminals tokyo war crimes trials, 1945-48. Social reforms: egalitarianism in politics, workplace, family. Article ix in order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other was potential, will never be maintained. the right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized. Education reform curricular reform, increasing access to education. Economic reform land reforms aimed at decreasing tenancy/ eliminating landloadism. The advent of the cold war and the "reverse course" of the occupation. Political/diplomatic stando between liberal democratic a bloc ad socialist/communist bloc. Japan"s new role as us ally in the cold war. Japan as a liberal democratic bulwark against the spread of communism in asia.
