Japan Rearmed - The Politics of Military Power

Modern Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korea and China but is also reevaluating its dependence on the United States, Sheila Smith shows. No longer convinced they can rely on Americans to defend their country, Tokyo's political leaders are now confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nation's military for war.

Info autore

Sheila A. Smith is John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China. She is chair of the US advisors to the US–Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange and is a frequent media commentator on East Asian affairs.

Riassunto

Modern Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korea and China but is also reevaluating its dependence on the United States, Sheila Smith shows. No longer convinced they can rely on Americans to defend their country, Tokyo’s political leaders are now confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nation’s military for war.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sheila A Smith, Sheila A. Smith
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9780674293953
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29395-3
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Archaeology, Asian History, Political science and theory, Military and defence strategy, History and Archaeology