Normalizing Japan: Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice

by Andrew L. Oros

Book Overview

Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan's military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. It argues that Japanese security policy has not changed as much in recent years as many believe, and that future change also will be highly constrained by Japan's long-standing "security identity," the central principle guiding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080470029X
• ISBN13: 9780804700290
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"