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02688aam a2200385 i 4500 001 290CD4B2550D11E9884C074097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190402010148 008 180918t20192019maua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018042063 020 $a 0674987640 020 $a 9780674987647 035 $a (OCoLC)1032708817 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HLS $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA845 S625 2019 100 1 $a Smith, Sheila A., $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Japan rearmed : $b the politics of military power / $c Sheila A. Smith. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 333 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a Article Nine of Japan's postwar constitution, drafted in 1946 under U.S. Occupation, claims that the Japanese people "forever renounce the use of force as a means of settling international disputes." During the Cold War, the alliance with the United States allowed Japan to develop a largely defensive military, the Self-Defense Forces. Yet in the decades since, Japan has considered new ways to use its military. Demands from Washington for greater Japanese military participation in coalition forces and a gradual embrace in Japan of contributing to UN peacekeeping led to overseas deployments. Entering the 21st century, North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation and China's growing maritime assertiveness have challenged Japanese strategists to confront their hesitancy over the use of force. This book examines this ambivalence over the military as an instrument of power and argues that the accelerating changes in Japan's relationship with the United States and with its neighbors are forcing Tokyo's political leaders to confront the idea that they may need to order their military to do what all militaries are expected to do: prepare for war.-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Japan in the Cold War -- The Self-Defense Force abroad -- Mobilizing the military -- The Constitution revisited -- Relying on borrowed power. 610 10 $a Japan. $t KenpoÌ (1946) 630 07 $a KenpoÌ (Japan : 1946) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01369066 651 0 $a Japan $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Japan $x History $x History $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Japan $x Military policy. 651 0 $a Japan $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Japan. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204023701.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=290CD4B2550D11E9884C074097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search