The United Nations in Japan's foreign and security policymaking, 1945-1992
Subtitle: national security, party politics, and international status
By: Liang Pan.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs ;; 257
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: United Nations -- Japan.; National security -- Japan.; Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The UN and Japan's struggle for peace and security; title: Japan and the UN's security function in the early postwar era; title: The downfall of the UN-centric security formula; title: The UN's security role in a broader sense; title: The brief detente and Japan's initial policies; title: The burgeoning disillusion; title: The Cold War shadow; title: The shaky bridge between the Orient and the Occident; title: The turbulent days; title: A UN transcending the cold war or serving it?; title: Saving the UN from financial crisis; title: The Vietnam war and the Matsui letter; title: Coping with the great powers' negligence; title: Efforts to revitalize the UN; title: A "moderate mediator"; title: Jostled between the AA group and the West; title: Targeted by the African group; title: Dismissed by both the Orient and the Occident; title: Toward a new trend?; title: Revamping the UN; title: The restoration of the UN's peace function and the Takeshita initiative; title: Peacekeeping efforts in Cambodia; title: The end of the Cold War; title: The UN and Japanese party politics; title: The UN and domestic politics in the occupation era: developing a security formula; title: Putting the security and peace treaties into a UN framework; title: The UN in the JSP's counterproposal for peace and security; title: The JCP's anti-UN security policy; title: The triumph of the conservative coalition; title: The UN: a political panacea (i); title: Domestic controversies over China and AA policies; title: PKO and an overseas mission for SDF; title: The UN and the opposition's alternative security scheme; title: The UN: a political panacea (2); title: SSD and the opposition parties' coalition dreams; title: The UN and the PKO legislation; title: The UN and Japan's international status; title: Fighting for equal status: the road to the UN; title: Returning to the international community through the UN; title: An "associate" UN membership? "The worst day of my life"; title: The end of the tunnel; title: Seeking the highest status: the unfinished battle for UNSC permanent membership; title: the awakening of ambition / The economic superpower's demand; title: "We will fight you and beat you"; title: The revival of the bid.