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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819967703321

Autore

Kawato Yuko

Titolo

Protests against U.S. military base policy in Asia : persuasion and its limits in base politics / / Yuko Kawato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8047-9538-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Studies in Asian Security

Disciplina

355.7095

Soggetti

Military bases, American - Political aspects - Asia

Protest movements - Asia

United States Military relations Asia Case studies

Asia Military relations United States Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Response to Protests in Okinawa Under the U.S. Administration, 1945–1972 -- 2 Response to Protests in Okinawa, 1995–1996 and 2009–2010 -- 3 Response to Protests in South Korea, 2000–2007 -- 4 Response to Protests in the Philippines, 1964–1965 and 1972–1979 -- 5 Persuasion and the Closure of U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines, 1991 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the end of World War II, protests against U.S. military base and related policies have occurred in several Asian host countries. These protests raise important questions about the extent to which they have and will influence the policy regarding U.S. military bases in Asia. Protests Against U.S. Military Base Policy in Asia answers these questions by examining state response to twelve major protests in Asia since the end of World War II-in the Philippines, Okinawa, and South Korea.Yuko Kawato lays out the conditions under which protesters' normative arguments can and cannot persuade...