The American Occupations of Japan and Germany

What is similar and what is different in how the US responded to the aftermaths of WWI and WW II?
What did the US seek to accomplish in the occupations of Germany and Japan?
What did the US accomplish in the occupations of Germany and Japan?
What are the Reverse Course and Marshall Plan?
What are the similarities and differences between the occupation of Japan and the occupation of Germany?
What are some of the legacies of the occupations?
How are the occupations acts of Empire building (or not)?

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