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The Asia-Pacific war dramatically transformed the international political structure in the Far East. The devastation caused by the war compelled both Japan and Britain to retreat from their past status as leading imperial powers in the region and resulted in the expansion of US and Soviet influence in Far Eastern affairs. The Korean peninsula was divided by the superpowers, and China entered the turmoil of civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. Although there are various views as to when and how the Cold War started in Asia, Britain and Japan were undeniably placed under the Cold War structure in the 1950s.
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Takahiko, T. (2000). Anglo-Japanese Relations in the 1950s: Cooperation, Friction and the Search for State Identity. In: Nish, I., Kibata, Y. (eds) The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600–2000. The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600–2000. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919670_9
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