00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685594773863145619 Buklod 20230706152530.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 230706s2019 mau a b 001 0 eng c 2018042063 9780674987647 20706283 DLC eng rda DAC eng UA 845 S625 2019 355.00952 23 Smith, Sheila A. 1959- author. Japan rearmed the politics of military power Sheila A. Smith. Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2019. xi, 333 pages illustrations 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "A Council on Foreign Relations book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-321) and index. Japan in the Cold War -- The Self-Defense Force abroad -- Mobilizing the military -- The Constitution revisited -- Relying on borrowed power. Article Nine of Japan's postwar constitution, drafted in 1946 under U.S. Occupation, claims that the Japanese people "forever renounce the use of force as a means of settling international disputes." During the Cold War, the alliance with the United States allowed Japan to develop a largely defensive military, the Self-Defense Forces. Yet in the decades since, Japan has considered new ways to use its military. Demands from Washington for greater Japanese military participation in coalition forces and a gradual embrace in Japan of contributing to UN peacekeeping led to overseas deployments. Entering the 21st century, North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation and China's growing maritime assertiveness have challenged Japanese strategists to confront their hesitancy over the use of force. This book examines this ambivalence over the military as an instrument of power and argues that the accelerating changes in Japan's relationship with the United States and with its neighbors are forcing Tokyo's political leaders to confront the idea that they may need to order their military to do what all militaries are expected to do: prepare for war.-- Provided by publisher Japan. Kenpō (1946) Japan Military policy. Japan Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Japan. Japan Armed Forces History 20th century. Japan Armed Forces History 21st century. FO UPD DAC UA 845 S625 2019 Book