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[Richard Romeo]

>
>The clearest example of this is not Germany or even Europe,
>but Japan. Remember, that immediately after the war the
>"allies" are now out of the theatre and into the theater.
>The U.S. quickly abandons its policy of anti-monopoly break
>ups, the breaking up of large companies and cartels was not
>followed through in Japan or in Europe.   Cold War, "Self
>Defense Forces" "The Dodge Plan", etc., the prime mover was
>more concerned with greater production by existing companies
>and structures. Rather than ensuring a competitive market by
>breaking up big companies, the goal was to strengthen
>productive capacity quickly. The goal was met, the Cold War
>was set, the oil would flow, ----------
surely, some of the speed with which to get the democracies in Germany and 
Japan revved up was due in part to the desperate situation the peoples of 
those countries were in, trying to survive day to day?

Rich
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