LEADER 03345oam 2200457 450 001 9910806890203321 005 20170523091551.0 010 $a1-317-46690-X 010 $a1-315-70312-2 010 $a1-280-91270-7 010 $a9786610912704 010 $a0-7656-2159-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315703121 035 $a(OCoLC)527355673 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIS 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000348441 100 $a20060103d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapan's foreign policy since 1945 /$fKevin Cooney 210 1$aArmonk, N.Y. :$cM.E. Sharpe, Inc.,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 297 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $a"An East gate book." 311 $a0-7656-1650-5 311 $a0-7656-1649-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the story of Japan after World War II -- The catalyst for change -- The problem and the questions -- The literature -- Elite Interviews -- The variables -- Objectives and expected significance of the book -- Ouline of the book -- The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy -- Historical background -- Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990 -- The Gulf War requires change -- The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy -- The peace keeping operations law (PKO) -- Towards a security council seat and beyond -- Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security -- Japanese limitations -- Alternative security -- The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing -- Alternative views of Japanese security -- Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan -- A model of foreign-policy restructuring -- Talking to the policy makers themselves -- What are the foreign-policy makers thinking -- Planning for Japan's future security -- Japan's national security -- Abandonment -- Japan's options -- The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world -- Adjusting to the post-cold war world -- Gaiatsu -- The myth of Gaiatsu -- What is Japan doing? -- Triangulating politics: America, China, and Japan -- The China question -- The question of North Korea -- Japanese policy: action and reaction -- Where is Japan going? -- The wide view of Japanese security -- Future sources of foreign policy: the diet -- Constitutional reform: potential for constitutional revision -- The SDF in Japanese foreign policy -- World leadership -- Japan's limitations -- Japanese hegemony? -- Japan's future -- Suggestions for foreign policy normalization -- Implications for Hermann's model: what have we learned?. 330 $aProvides a detailed assessment of Japan's foreign policy since 1945, including policy options and choices that Japan faces in the twenty-first century. Using information based on interviews with policymakers in Japan, this text provides an insight into Japan's foreign policy options and analyzes the nation's role in international affairs. 607 $aJapan$xForeign relations$y1945- 676 $a327.52 700 $aCooney$b Kevin J.$01624414 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806890203321 996 $aJapan's foreign policy since 1945$93963249 997 $aUNINA