what about the war with Japan was not finished by Truman’s action?
The US strategy was not to engage in a total war and not to seek the total destruction of Japan, but to use precision application of force to make the Japanese military regime surrender, and then use McArthur and western advisors to finally open Japan to the west and reconstitute Japan’s government and economy.
This was an effective end to the war. Since 1946 the US-Japanese alliance has served both of our nations to contain China and Russia and preserve western (and Japanese) interests in the western Pacific
“Since 1946 the US-Japanese alliance has served both of our nations to contain China and Russia and preserve western (and Japanese) interests in the western Pacific”
While I agree that what you say is true, had the second part of my ‘plan’ had been carried out then we would not have had to worry about Russia nor China.
“This was an effective end to the war.”
Except perhaps for the weak prosecution of their war criminals afterwards.