CausesHowandwhydidtheUSAbecome

involvedinthiscountry?

EventsHowwascontainmentimplemented?
Whathappened?

ImpactHowdidUSpoliciesaffectthis
country?Weretheysuccessfulorafailure?
Why?

Korea

Japan

defeatof1945WW2
USAobjectivetocreateaweakand
pacifistJapan
however,changedwhenUSthought
thatitwasastrategicarea
InAsia,tocontaincommunism
Growingconcernovercommunist
powerinEastAsia
ledtoUStohaltreformsinJapan
Theycouldfocusoneconomic
recoveryandpoliticalrehabilitation
inJapan
wantedJapantobeamilitary/
economicallytoresistcommunists
especiallyafterKoreanWar
neededtostrengtheneconomyand
military
Japanwastobecomeaprinciple
supplydepotforUNforces
MadepoliticalchangestoJapanto
makeitmoredemocraticdueto
Japansemperorhavingtoomuch
power

1951TreatyofSanFrancisco
concludedAmericanoccupationin
Japannomorereparations

US,JapaneseSecurityTreaty
UScouldstationtroopsinJapan
OkinawalargeststakeofUSmilitary
inAsia

UNSecurityCouncilJapanjoineddueto
influencefromUSA

EconomicGrowth:buildupeconomy
capitalismsoftpowershowothercountriesin
AsiathatCapitalismissuccessful

strongconservativegovernmentinjapan
USAachievedtomakingJapanan
anticommunistcountry
Japanseconomy=rapidgrowth
containment/USJapanesesecurity
treatyleftJapanasmilitaryprotectorate
ofUSA

EffectsofTreatyofSanfrancisco
USAbecametheonlycountrytobe
allowedtohavemilitarybaseinJapan
ledtotheprogressionanddevelopment
towardsaPacifistJapan

UShelpedJapantorebuilditseconomy,
becamegreatesteconomicpower
USpresenceinJapandeterredUSSR
attack(notnecessarilyasuccess)
towhatextentwasitactuallya
containment
historianscriticizethereason
thatUSSRdidnotinvadeJapan
wasnotduetothevarious
policiesimposed
nocommunistactivityinJapan
tobeginwith/nothingtocontain

Taiwan

Keeppeacebetweenthenationalist+
communistchinese(containing
communism)
preventtheinfluenceofMaoafter
hissuccess(preventchinese
communismfromspreadingto
Taiwan)
KoreanWar1950USAreleased
policiesinTaiwan
RecognizedTaiwanastheofficial
Chinesestate
providedeconomicandmilitaryaid

MilitaryaidfromUS
TrumanDoctrine1953
Deployed7thFleettopreventMaofrom
launchingmilitarystate
Eisenhowerliftsnavalblockade,China
thenbombardedMatsuin1954
CongresspassesFormosa
Resolutioninresponse(1955)
USstatesthatitwouldusenuclear
weaponsagainstChinaifChinatakes
overTaiwan(brinksmanship)

Vietnam

fearofdominoeffectoncepopular
communistVietMinhgovernment
dominated
Radicalcommunistrevolutions
mightinfluenceotherSouthEast
AsianCountries
OpinionalreadyhardenedinUS
againstVietMinhduringwarof
independence,whereUSsupported
French
SEATOestablished
SouthVietnam=protectedarea
S.Vietdictatorshipandinefficiency
ofleadershipledtothreatof
overthrowing

OperationRollingThunder
1968520000UStroops
24thNovember1963Johnsonsends
troopstowar
GulfofTonkinResolutiongave
Johnsonmorepower
1968TetOffensive:communistattack
ontheUS(attackson100+Vietnamese
cities,resultofCommunistimpatience)
1yeartourofdutyforAmericantroops
lackofexperience
Vietnamisation:newlyelectedNixon
introducesprogrammeofwithdrawing
troops,givingS.Vietnamesemore
controlofgroundoperations
Tetoffensivechangedthewar,public

USpolicytowardsTaiwanchangeddue
totheoutbreakoftheKoreanWar
PRCandUSAstartednegotiating
USgavesubstantialeconomicand
militaryaidtoTaiwan(untilthe2nd
TaiwanStraitCrisis)
ErasedtensionsbetweenUSAandpRC
temporarily
fundamentalissuesofconflictstill
unresolvedhoweverbothsidesbuilt
theirmilitaryforcesintheirrespective
sidesoftheTaiwanstrait
provokedUSintomakingnuclear
threats
Bothsidescontinuedtobombardeach
otheronalternatedaysuntil1979
Communistvictory:heightenedfearsof
communisminUScommunist
governmentincontrolofVietnam
failureofcontainmentwithinVietnam
CambodiaandLaosbecamecommunist
DisprovedmanyUStheories
FallofSouthVietnam
HeightenedfearsofDominotheory
USmilitary/generalembarrassment
raisedawarenessoftheatrocitiesofthe
war
antiwarUS
ambiguityofcoldwar
USpublicopinionsplitover
wars
DismissalofMacArthur

opinionchangedinUSturnedagainst
thewarandtherewasalackofsupport
forthecause
HugeVietcongcasualtiesNotUS
successduetostrategiclossathomeand
abroad