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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957012903321

Autore

DiFilippo Anthony <1950->

Titolo

Japan's Nuclear Disarmament Policy and the U.S. Security Umbrella / / by A. DiFilippo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611360733

9781281360731

1281360732

9780230600720

0230600727

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033052

Soggetti

Asia - Politics and government

International relations

Politics and war

Asian Politics

International Relations

Military and Defence 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 (p. [259]-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Detoured on the Path to Nuclear Disarmament --  The Watershed -- Technology, Choice and Nuclear Weapons -- The Politics of Japanese Nuclear Disarmament: Where Government Policies and Civil Society Converge and Diverge -- Japanese Security Policy and the New Agenda Coalition -- The International Dimensions of Japan's Anti-Nuclear Weapons Policies: Issues in Disarmament and Nonproliferation -- Tokyo and the Axis of Evil -- Security and Identity.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan's stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U.S. nuclear umbrella.