1st Edition
Militarisation and Demilitarisation in Contemporary Japan
By Glenn D. Hook
Copyright 1996
272 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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The intertwined issues of Japanese `identity' and `normality' are at the centre of the tension between internal and external pressures on Japanese defence and security policies. With chapters on peace thought, the militarisation and demilitarisation of language as well as the `hard' aspects of the Japanese military build up in the 1980s and the response to the Gulf War in the 1990s, this study... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 Part I; Chapter 1 Militarization: a critical approach; Chapter 2 Demilitarization: the impact of peace thought; Part 2 Part II; Chapter 3 Militarization in the cold war 1980s; Chapter 4 The Gulf War and ‘international contribution’ in the post cold war 1990s; Chapter 5 Persistence and change in mass attitudes; Part 3 Part III; Chapter 6 Militarization and language; Chapter 7 Demilitarization and language; Conclusion;
Biography
Gleen D. Hook
