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The Shifting Strategic Value of Korea, 1942-1950

The Shifting Strategic Value of Korea, 1942-1950 The Shifting Strategic Value of Korea, 1942-1950 Masao Okonogi KEIO UNIVERSITY IF an analogy may be made between the situation in Europe after World War II and that after the Napoleonic Wars, as George Kennan and Er- nest May have, then a similar analogy may be made between the situation in East Asia after the last world war and that after the Sino-Japanese War, for the collapse of the Japanese empire created a tremendous power vacuum running from Manchuria through Korea to Japan proper that was very similar to the vacuum created by the defeat of the Ch'ing dynas- ty in the Sino-Japanese War.1 The cold war in postwar East Asia, in this sense, is similar in nature to that in Europe, on the one hand, while it is historically similar to the time period from the Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War, on the other. Ironically, after World War II the U.S., by overthrowing Japanese militarism, occupying Japan and south Korea, and committing itself to the independence of Korea, had no alternative but to succeed to the geopolitical position once occupied by Japan. This position was taken without any firm strategic plan. As Louis Halle has pointed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Korean Studies University of Hawai'I Press

The Shifting Strategic Value of Korea, 1942-1950

Korean Studies , Volume 3 (1) – Mar 30, 1979

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The Shifting Strategic Value of Korea, 1942-1950 Masao Okonogi KEIO UNIVERSITY IF an analogy may be made between the situation in Europe after World War II and that after the Napoleonic Wars, as George Kennan and Er- nest May have, then a similar analogy may be made between the situation in East Asia after the last world war and that after the Sino-Japanese War, for the collapse of the Japanese empire created a tremendous power vacuum running from Manchuria through Korea to Japan proper that was very similar to the vacuum created by the defeat of the Ch'ing dynas- ty in the Sino-Japanese War.1 The cold war in postwar East Asia, in this sense, is similar in nature to that in Europe, on the one hand, while it is historically similar to the time period from the Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War, on the other. Ironically, after World War II the U.S., by overthrowing Japanese militarism, occupying Japan and south Korea, and committing itself to the independence of Korea, had no alternative but to succeed to the geopolitical position once occupied by Japan. This position was taken without any firm strategic plan. As Louis Halle has pointed

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Published: Mar 30, 1979

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