Many other countries have struggled to reconcile their differences after lesser conflicts, so what events and policies made peace among us something we most take for granted?
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All of these countries were united by a mutual dislike/fear of Russia. During WW-2, Russia did more than any country to defeat Hitler, and it was obvious to everybody that Russia would be one of the new superpowers in the aftermath of the war. However it was also a totalitarian dictatorship that posed a threat of expanding its territory and control into Europe and Asia, which it did, so Western European Countries and Japan felt they would be better off allying with the more distant US which they saw as less likely to invade and more similar in governance to them. The US in turn actively courted these countries including massive infusions of capital to help with rebuilding.
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