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Titolo: | Demilitarization in the contemporary world / / edited by Peter Stearns |
Pubblicazione: | Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2013] |
©2013 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.174 |
Soggetto topico: | Armed Forces - Demobilization |
Disarmament - History - 20th century | |
Militarism - History - 20th century | |
Security, International | |
World politics - 20th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | StearnsPeter N. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Historical and sociological perspectives -- Introduction / Peter N. Stearns -- Demilitarization: unraveling the structures of violence / Andrew Bickford -- Germany -- The demilitarization of Germany, 1945-2010 / Jay Lockenour -- Peace movements and the demilitarization of German political culture, 1970s-1980s / Holger Nehring -- Japan and comparative aftermath -- U.S. strategic preference for securing military bases and impact of Japanese financial community on constrained rearmament in Japan, 1945-1954 / Yoneyuki Sugita -- From demilitarization to remilitarization: external and internal pressures on Japanese security policy / Glenn D. Hook -- Japanese remilitarization and constitutional revision / Christopher Hughes -- Demilitarization and democratization in the post-World War II world / Stephanie Trombley Averill -- Central America -- Costa Rica and Honduras: demilitarization as choice / Kirk Bowman -- Demilitarization after Central American civil wars / J. Mark Ruhl and Philip J. Williams -- Afterword / Peter N. Stearns. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Contemporary world history has highlighted militarization in many ways, from the global Cold War and numerous regional conflicts to the general assumption that nationhood implies a significant and growing military. Yet the 20th century also offers notable examples of large-scale demilitarization, both imposed and voluntary. This work fills a key gap in current historical understanding by examining demilitarization programs in Germany, Japan, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Demilitarization in the contemporary world |
ISBN: | 0-252-09515-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910464376403321 |
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