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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788141103321

Autore

Hudson Walter M (Judge advocate)

Titolo

Army diplomacy : American military occupation and foreign policy after World War II / / Walter M. Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6098-7

0-8131-6544-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Battles and Campaigns

Disciplina

355.4/9097309044

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Occupied territories

Military occupation - History - 20th century

Military government - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Military government planning prior to 1940 -- Military government doctrine, training, and organization, 1940-1941 -- FDR, interagency conflict, and military government, 1941-1942 -- North Africa and the establishment of the Civil Affairs Division, 1943 -- Planning and implementing military government in Germany, 1943-1946 -- Planning and implementing military government in Austria, 1943-1946 -- Planning and implementing military government in Korea, 1943-1946 -- Conclusion: the postwar occupation experience and its lessons for the army.

Sommario/riassunto

'Army Diplomacy' demonstrates how, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the United States Army became the principal agent of American foreign policy. The army designed, implemented, and administered the occupations of the defeated Axis powers Germany and Japan, as well as many other nations.