ABSTRACT
During the Pacific War, the struggle against colonialism in East Asia gained popular support by resisting Japanese colonization. After Pearl Harbor, the nationalist movements in China, Korea, and Vietnam became internationalized through the war, and the anti-Japanese parties and armies, including Communist forces, received Allies' support and aid. In the meantime, however, the Allied leaders considered post-war Japan, China, and Korea as international issues and practiced their conventional power politics. United States President Roosevelt approached the issues of post-war East Asia from an inclusive and world-systemic standpoint, intending to maintain the momentum of US leadership in Asia. The American Occupation succeeded because it built on earlier trends, yet also broke with pre-war system in revolutionary ways. In retrospect, US foreign aid enabled Japan to engage with the United States in Cold War against the Soviet Union and its allies and also helped bring about Japanese political and economic reforms that laid a foundation for an extended period of stability and prosperity.
