Sase Masamori

Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan

The Political Biography of Japanese Defense Minister Sakata Michita

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Produktbeschreibung

This study provides a political biography of Sakata Michita, a major figure in postwar Japanese politics who served as Japan's minister of defense. The author focuses on Sakata's role in forging Japanese defense policy and managing relations with allies and examines how his legacy informs contemporary debates about the country's security policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781498552608
• ISBN-10: 1498552609
• Artikelnr.: 49136086

Autorenporträt

Masamori Sase is professor emeritus at the National Defense Academy of Japan and visiting scholar at Takushoku University. Robert D. Eldridge is former associate professor of Japanese political and diplomatic history at Osaka University. Graham B. Leonard earned a PhD in international public policy from Osaka University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Arrival of Director General Sakata Chapter 2: Sakata's
"Study Group Considering Defense Issues" Chapter 3: A Ploy during Diet
Arguments Chapter 4: The Change in Public Opinion on Defense Chapter 5: The
Sakata-Schlesinger Talks Chapter 6: Schlesinger's Dismissal and Return to
Japan Chapter 7: How SDF Personnel Were Seen Chapter 8: The Basic Defense
Force Concept: A New Defense Philosophy Chapter 9: The Landmark Defense
White Paper Chapter 10: Innovations in Defense Policy: The "National
Defense Program Guidelines" and the National Defense Council Chapter 11:
The MiG-25 Incident Chapter 12: The Lockheed Scandal and False Accusations
Chapter 13: Watching the Intraparty Conflict Chapter 14: Sakata Michita
after His Term as Director General