Editing Reverse Course (section)

==Legacies and consequences==

The Reverse Course had far reaching consequences. In terms of global security, it paved the way for the ''de facto'' remilitarization of Japan in the form of the [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]] and laid the foundations of the [[U.S.-Japan alliance]], ensuring that Japan would remain firmly in the American camp throughout the Cold War. In fact, a remilitarized and strengthened Japan made it the cornerstone of U.S. security policy in East Asia.<ref>Comparative politics: interests, identities, and institutions in a changing global order. New York: Cambridge University Press. 978-0-52184316-4 [https://books.google.com/books?id=NDP8RVXvlUMC&pg=PA178 p. 178]</ref> In the economic realm, the incomplete suppression of the {{transliteration|ja|[[zaibatsu]]}} industrial conglomerates allowed them to partially reform as "informal associations" known as {{transliteration|ja|[[keiretsu]]}}.{{sfn|Kapur|2018|pp =10–11}} In Japanese domestic politics, the Reverse Course significantly weakened left-wing forces and strengthened conservatives, laying the foundations for decades of conservative rule.{{sfn |Kapur|2018|p=11}} At the same time, it did not completely destroy leftist forces that had been deliberately unleashed in the Occupation's early stages, setting the stage for extremely contentious political struggles and labor strife in the 1950s, culminating in the massive [[Anpo protests]] and [[Miike Struggle|Miike Coal Mine Strike]], both in 1960.{{sfn |Kapur|2018|pp =11, 135}}