Japan's Remilitarisation Contributor(s): Hughes, Christopher W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415556929 ISBN-13: 9780415556927 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2009 Click for more in this series: Adelphi |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Strategy - Political Science |
Dewey: 355.033 |
LCCN: 2009437410 |
Series: Adelphi |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (0.80 lbs) 188 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Glossary |
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2010 |
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Publisher Description: Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civil-military relations, domestic and international military-industrial complexes, Japan's procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the expansion of US-Japan cooperation, and attitudes towards nuclear weapons, constitutional revision and the use of military force. In all of these areas, dynamic and long-term changes outweigh Japan's short-term political logjam over security policy. Hughes argues that many post-war constraints on Japan's military role are still eroding, and that Tokyo is moving towards a more assertive military role and strengthened US-Japan cooperation. Japan's remilitarisation will boost its international security role and the dominance of the US-Japan alliance in regional and global security affairs, but will need to be carefully managed if it is not to become a source of destabilising tensions. |
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