The crafting of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1945-1951
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2020

This study traces how the Treaty of Peace with Japan was negotiated between 1945 and 1951. Originally, the treaty was based on the principle of demilitarization and democratization to prevent Japan’s re-emergence as a threat. As tensions increased with the Soviet Union and the PRC, however, the US decided that the peace treaty must be geared towards containing communism, which entailed revitalizing Japan’s economic and military capacity and anchoring it to the West. For this purpose, the US soug