Post-war Japan as a Sea Power - Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy

In Post-war Japan as a Sea Power , Alessio Patalano incorporates new, exclusive source material to develop an innovative approach to the study of post-war Japan as a military power. This archival-based history of Asia''s most advanced navy, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), looks beyond the traditional perspective of viewing the modern Japanese military in light of the country''s alliance with the US. The book places the institution in a historical context, analysing its imperial legacy and the role of Japan''s shattering defeat in WWII in the post-war emergence of Japan as East Asia''s ''sea power''.>

About the author

Alessio Patalano is Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College London.

Product details

• Authors: Alessio Patalano, Alessio (King's College London Patalano, Alessio (King''s College London Patalano, Dr Alessio Patalano, Patalano Alessio
• Assisted by: Jeremy Black (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781350011083
• ISBN: 978-1-350-01108-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Military History; Bloomsbury Studies in Military; Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Japan, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Naval forces and warfare, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General