Britain and Japan's Security, 1945-54

The US-Japan security treaty, which was signed in 1951 as part of the peace settlement following the Pacific War, has continued to the present to be the main basis for Japan¿s security and a key part of the United States¿ international involvement in east Asia. Although the treaty has been viewed as the outcome of discussions between the US and Japan, in fact, as this book shows, the British, then still a regional power with a continuing direct interest in Hong Kong, southeast Asia and the Pacific Commonwealth nations, played a key role in formulating the thinking on which the treaty was based.