Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015
Subtitle: A Sword Well Made
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781498537896
Subjects: Civil-military relations; Sociology, military; Japan, armed forces; Japan, military policy
Description: "This study provides a comprehensive institutional history of Japan's post-1945 army. It also analyzes representations of the military in popular culture, the place of soldiers in the formation of the country's postwar national identity, and the social and political impact of constitutional restrictions on the military."--Provided by publisher.