About the Book : While the Potsdam Declaration of 1945 aimed at the demilitarization, democratization and decentralization of Japan, the occupation authorities under Gen. Mac Arthur effected a large number of sweeping changes in almost all areas of Japanese national life. Although the Japanese progressive groups hailed the GIs as liberators, the conservative government, which saw these reforms as alien to the national character, was ever trying to thwart them. This book centres around the several U.S. attempts between 1947-49 at a peace treaty with Japan against the backdrop of super power rivalry in the Pacific region and presents the views of political leaders in the opposition and the government in Japan and those of other countries as well as the views of Japanese intellectuals. Already in use as material for courses on Japanese foreign policy in the Karnataka and Gulbarga universities, this book could be gainfully adopted by students of international relations, are studies, Japanese history, government and foreign policy and as support material for the study of super power diplomacy in East Asia. About Author : Mallappa Amravati (b. 1935) had his higher studies at Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad and Delhi University, Delhi. He received his Ph. D. from the School of Inter national Studies (JNU) New Delhi. He has travelled widely both in eastern and western countries. The author a year as a visiting scholar at Tokyo University in Japan. He has been a visiting Professor at six universities in the United States including Clumbia University at New York. He begun his career in 1962 as a lecturer at Karnataka University, Dharwad. After his return from the United States he was appointed as a reader at Karnataka University in 1972 and taught at Karnataka for 10 years. Now he is a senior reader at Gulbarga University, Gurbarga. Dr. Amravaati has published a number of research papers and has been an active participant in many seminars and conferences.