The US-Japan Alliance: 1951-1976.

Abstract

This report discusses factors influencing the decision to form alliances and applies them to the US treaty system in the post-World War II period with special emphasis on the US-Japan alliance. The origins of the US commitment to the defense of Japan including negotiations of Peace and Security Treaties are traced. It outlines US military aid to Japan from 1950 to 1960, and the organization and growth of the Japanese Self Defense Forces. Forces leading to the revision of the Mutual Security Treaty in 1960, and the corresponding change to military sales and licensing agreements as the method of transferring arms as Japanese self-confidence recovered are discussed. Strains which have developed in the alliance and gives recommendations for easing them are analyzed. It also contains several tables and graphs summarizing military aid and sales to Japan and other US allies in East Asia. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA046506

Entities

People

  • James Lowell Freed

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Antisubmarine Aircraft
  • Cold War
  • Department Of State
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Landing Craft
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.