The End of the War

I.  Hiroshima

II.  Soviet declaration of war

III.  Nagasaki

 

Japanese Settlement

I.  US unilateral control


Japanese Wartime Domination of Asia

I.  Methods of Domination

A.  Alliances

1)  Thailand and Vichy Indochina

B.  Military Administrations

1)  Malaya and Indonesia

C.  Puppet Governments

1)  China, Philippines, Burma, French Indochina

II.  Economic Exploitation

III.  Nationalism

A.  Nationalist Collaborators

B.  Nationalist Resistors

 

Anti-colonialism

I.  End of the ÒAge of EmpireÓ

II. US as Patron of Decolonization

 

The Inter-War System

I.  A.W. DePorteÕs shifting systems

II.  Inherent weakness of European system

A.  Anglo-French dissension

B.  German strength

C.  Soviet wildcard

III.  Soviet and German revisionism

IV.  Inherent weakness of Asian-Pacific system

A.  Japanese revisionism

V.  Multipolarity

 

The Post-War System

I.  Bipolarity

II.  Cold WarÉ