Japan rearmed : the politics of military power /

Article 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 l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Sheila A., 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Japan in the Cold War
  • The Self-Defense Force abroad
  • Mobilizing the military
  • The Constitution revisited
  • Relying on borrowed power.