An inoffensive rearmament
Subtitle: the making of the postwar Japanese Army
By: Col. Frank Kowalski, edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge
Contributors: Eldridge, Robert D.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781591142263
Subjects: National security; Defenses; Foreign relations; History; Military policy; Armed Forces
Other titles: Making of the postwar Japanese Army
Description: "Col. Frank Kowalski served as the Chief of Staff of the American military advisory group that helped establish the National Police Reserve, the predecessor to the Japan Self- Defense Forces during its first two years of existence. His work provides a detailed account of the manning, logistics, and personalities involved in standing up--on short notice --of a force of approximately 75,000, while sharing insights about the diplomatic, political, legal, and constitutional challenges his headquarters and his Japanese counterparts faced in rearming Japan in the wake of the sudden outbreak of the Korean War. Published in Japanese in 1969, this is the first English version of this edition, and includes a biographic section about Kowalski"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.