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George F. Kennan And The Rebuilding Of Japan: The Second Phase Of Occupation Policy, Rhonda S. Beckham
George F. Kennan And The Rebuilding Of Japan: The Second Phase Of Occupation Policy, Rhonda S. Beckham
History Theses & Dissertations
As head of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State, George F. Kennan had the opportunity to implement aspects of the containment policy which he had helped to create. In 1947, Japan became vital to United States national security interests in Asia but was threatened by Communist infiltration because of an unstable political and economic situation promulgated by the initial post-surrender policy immediately after the war. An investigation by Kennan led to the implementation of significant changes which were enumerated in a National Security Council Report. This thesis will examine Kennan's foreign policy philosophy, the containment theory, the …
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Mao Zedong's Quest For Revolutionary Immortality, Ronald R. Mcleod
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Mao Zedong's Quest For Revolutionary Immortality, Ronald R. Mcleod
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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The Quiet Diplomacy: President Eisenhower And Dien Bien Phu, William Stuart Maddox
The Quiet Diplomacy: President Eisenhower And Dien Bien Phu, William Stuart Maddox
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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The American Influence On The Mindanao Resistance During The Second World War, Michael Anthony Balis
The American Influence On The Mindanao Resistance During The Second World War, Michael Anthony Balis
History Theses & Dissertations
This thesis examines the American participation in the development of resistance against the Japanese on Mindanao Island in the Philippines, 1942-1945. Americans directed the overall resistance movement and commanded most of the provinces. As leaders Americans played a key role in the evolution of the resistance from an independent guerrilla force to a partisan force that gave U.S. forces combat and intelligence assistance. The most important information for the thesis came from the MacArthur Archives, the Hayden Papers at the University of Michigan, the U.S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, and correspondence with 14 men who served with …