| 研究実績の概要 |
The purpose of this two-year research project was to examine the rise of American hegemony in Northeast Asia during the early phase of the Cold War, focusing on the regional history of US military occupations and alliances. I gathered multi-archival sources during a two-month research trip to the US in the summer of 2013, followed by a ten-day research trip to Tokyo and a one-week research trip to Seoul in September 2014. Based on these sources, I discovered that the US military leadership consistently sought autonomous and permanent bases of operation in the region, which were finally guaranteed through the establishment of military treaties in the early 1950s. Historians and social scientists have begun to focus on this regional and global US military presence, some labeling it an empire of bases; a new type of informal empire that has replaced colonial possessions with military bases. My work contributes to this ongoing debate by comparing colonial empires with military occupations, examining the history of American occupations, and by measuring the extent of US military authority in allied nations that host American bases.
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