Arming Japan - Defense Production, Alliance Politics, Postwar Search for Autonomy

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List of contents

The Allure of Autonomy: Defense Production and Alliance, Defense Production and the Economy
2. "On Sea, on Land, and Then On to Space!": The Growth of the Defense Industry's Political and Technological Base, 1950 -- 1969
3. "Self Defense to the Fore, Alliance to the Rear!": The Nixon Doctrine, the Fourth Defense Plan, and the Political Zenuth of Kokusanka, 1970 -- 1976
4. The Emerging Paradox: Bilateral Defense Cooperation and the Growth of Technonationalism, 1976 -- 1986
5. "Return of the Zero Fighter!": The FSX Crisis
6. The Limits of Autonomy; The Shifting Defense Constituency in the FSX Debate
7. Defense Production and Alliance in a Post-Cold War World
8. Conclusion
Epilogue

About the author

Michael J. Green

Summary

Michael Green explores the evolution of the kokusanka debate and the indigenous development and production of weapons of war, lucidly outlining the question of Japanese political and military autonomy in the postwar era.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Green, Michael J. Green
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.1998
• EAN: 9780231102858
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10285-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control, Security; political science; history