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Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015 : a sword well made / / David Hunter-Chester



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Autore: Hunter-Chester David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015 : a sword well made / / David Hunter-Chester Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 pages)
Disciplina: 355.00952/09045
Soggetto topico: Civil-military relations - Japan - History
Sociology, Military - Japan
Soggetto geografico: Japan Armed Forces Organization
Japan Military policy
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: renouncing war, struggling to rearm, creating the ground self-defense force, and reimagining the soldier -- Disarmament and the voices of dissent -- Hot- and cold-running wars and a changing consensus, 1946-1950 -- Old iron and new steel, 1950-1952 -- The GSDF organized, 1952-1960 -- Sheathing the blade, polishing the spirit: 1960-1976 -- A sword in the storm, a life-giving sword: policy and ground truth, 1978-1995 -- New century, new threats, new GSDF, 1996-2015 -- Drawing weapons: reimagining the soldier, 1945-2015 -- Conclusion: a sword well made.
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4985-3790-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826490403321
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Serie: New studies in modern Japan.