By Robert D. Eldridge
Utilizing a multi-national and multi-archival method of this diplomatic historical past research, the writer examines comprehensively and in nice element for the 1st time the origins of the so-called Okinawa challenge. additionally inlcludes 4 maps.
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Servicemen died over the course of the war. The mistake of losing control of areas vital to America's defense could not be repeated, military and government leaders pleaded during and after the war. S. Forces in the Far East, and later Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan, for Copyright 2001 by Robert D. Eldridge 10 Okinnwa in Postwar US-Japan Relations example, declared on numerous occasions that the East Coast of Asia, not simply the West Coast of the continental United States or even Hawaii, had to be considered America's first line of defense.
Control for all islands between the equator and 30 degrees North latitude. The new study begun in May at Marshall's request became JCS 570140 and would take almost five months to complete due to the rivalry over the roles of the military services in the postwar period and the related competition for decreased budget allocations. Part of the debate revolved around the strategic location of the bases in regard to Europe and the question of whether the United States would continue to play a military and political role in European affairs.
L At the same time, the United States permitted weaker foreign powers like France and Great Britain to possess their own Mandated Islands in the Pacific that they could not, in the end, adequately defend. The result was that when hostilities broke out, the Japanese military was able to quickly take control over the Pacific at a minimum cost. S. servicemen died over the course of the war. The mistake of losing control of areas vital to America's defense could not be repeated, military and government leaders pleaded during and after the war.