Albert Axelbank

Black Star Over Japan

Rising Forces of Militarism

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Produktbeschreibung

At the time of original publication the author argued that contemporary forces within Japan were combining to create a strong movement for revision of the constitution and for the acquisition of nuclear weapons by renewed and powerful military establishment. The American government, which had encouraged rearmament, was beginning to wonder about the world effect of an economically powerful rearmed Japan and was weighing the consequences of considering Japan its only major ally in East Asia. Albert Axelbank suggests that shifting international politics and the conservative momentum in Japan make revision of the constitution and the development of Japanese militarism and nuclear weapons almost inevitable.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415852753
• ISBN-10: 0415852757
• Artikelnr.: 37086256

Autorenporträt

Albert Axelbank

Inhaltsangabe

1. Requiem for Pacifism 2. The New Zaibatsu 3.The New Military 4. Yukio
Mishima: Culture and Fanaticism 5. The Superpatriots 6. Japan's Communists
7. Reinterpreting the Past 8. The Endangered Constitution 9. Japan, China
and Taiwan 10. America: Ally or Watchdog? 11. Moscow and Tokyo 12.
Politics, Racism and Nuclear Arms Appendix. A List of Further Readings.
Index.