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100 1 _aSmith, Sheila A.,
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_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aJapan rearmed :
_bthe politics of military power /
_cSheila A. Smith.
246 3 _aJapan rearmed
260 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2019.
300 _axi, 333 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
500 _a"A Council on Foreign Relations book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-321) and index.
505 0 _aJapan in the Cold War -- The Self-Defense Force abroad -- Mobilizing the military -- The Constitution revisited -- Relying on borrowed power.
520 _aArticle Nine of Japan's postwar constitution, drafted in 1946 under U.S. Occupation, claims that the Japanese people "forever renounce the use of force as a means of settling international disputes." During the Cold War, the alliance with the United States allowed Japan to develop a largely defensive military, the Self-Defense Forces. Yet in the decades since, Japan has considered new ways to use its military. Demands from Washington for greater Japanese military participation in coalition forces and a gradual embrace in Japan of contributing to UN peacekeeping led to overseas deployments. Entering the 21st century, North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation and China's growing maritime assertiveness have challenged Japanese strategists to confront their hesitancy over the use of force. This book examines this ambivalence over the military as an instrument of power and argues that the accelerating changes in Japan's relationship with the United States and with its neighbors are forcing Tokyo's political leaders to confront the idea that they may need to order their military to do what all militaries are expected to do: prepare for war.--
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610 1 0 _aJapan.
_tKenpō (1946)
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651 0 _aJapan
_xArmed Forces
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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_xForeign relations
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_xForeign relations
_zJapan.
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852 1 _aAyesha Abed Library
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