num_pages: 206
description: Chronicles the debate within Japan since the end of World War II over whether or not to develop and produce weapons and become militarily independent of the US. After reviewing pre-war precedents, describes the beginnings of Japanese rearmament during the Korean war and traces it through the economic rise and the FSX conflict with the US Congress in the late 1980's to the post-cold-war era. Shows how the tension between autonomy and alliance has played out as the relative economic strength of the partners has shifted. Also considers the US response to the debate. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Arming Japan: Defense Production, Alliance Politics, and the Postwar Search for Autonomy
titlecomplete: Arming Japan: Defense Production, Alliance Politics, and the Postwar Search for Autonomy
genres: Japan
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr