Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism?

by Paul Midford

Book Overview

In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of Japan's military power, in which Japanese troops would fight alongside their American counterparts in various conflicts worldwide.

Midford argues that Japanese public opinion has never embraced pacifism. It has, instead, contained significant elements of realism, in that it has acknowledged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804772177
• ISBN13: 9780804772174
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"