A History of Japan's National Police Reserve 1950-1952
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Garren Mulloy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2021-12-01
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0197644074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJapan's post-war armed forces are a paradox, both embarrassing remnants of the past and valuable repositories of experience. This book charts the development of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) from 1954 as both unorthodox military institutions and servants of a civil society that decries militarism. Investigating JSDF contributions to Japanese and global security, the evolution of such contributions during and after the Cold War, and their possible reconfiguration for Japan's security needs ahead, Garren Mulloy offers insight into the Forces' past, present and future. He explores the characteristics and contradictions of Japanese policy, including novel approaches in response to an increasingly assertive China, the latent threat of North Korea and contributory pressure from the US. Though the American alliance remains the core of Japanese security, new partnerships and international overtures will also shape the Forces' place in Prime Minister Abe's new vision of 'proactive contributions to peace'. Defenders of Japan deconstructs how the JSDF have adapted and will continue to adapt within domestic norms, caught between unresolved legacies of Japan's imperial past and a dynamically shifting balance of future global power.
Author: Thomas French
Publisher: Global Oriental
Published: 2014-06-19
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9004266828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased upon years of research undertaken in the US Occupation archives, this book provides a history of Japan’s National Police Reserve (NPR), the precursor of today’s Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF). It is the first ever comprehensive and exclusively focused history of the force in any language. The book examines the domestic and international origins of the force, the American constabulary model upon which it was based, the NPR's character and operation, and its evolution into the GSDF. This volume provides numerous insights and fresh perspectives on the character of the NPR, the origins of the SDF, the US Occupation of Japan and Cold War era US-Japan relations.
Author: Brett L. Walker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1107004187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and engaging new history, charting Japan's development from its origins through to the present day.
Author: J. Hunter
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001-12-13
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1403919526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is concerned with the development of business and economic relations between Britain and Japan from the early seventeenth century up to the late twentieth century. Particular attention is given to commodity trade, capital flows, the transfer of knowledge and the overall balance of economic power between the two nations. Mutual perceptions of economic strengths and weaknesses are also considered, and the economic relationship located in the broader context of political and strategic interaction.
Author: Aaron Skabelund
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2022-07-15
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 150176439X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Inglorious, Illegal Bastards, Aaron Herald Skabelund examines how the Self-Defense Force (SDF)—the post–World War II Japanese military—and specifically the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), struggled for legitimacy in a society at best indifferent to them and often hostile to their very existence. From the early iterations of the GSDF as the Police Reserve Force and the National Safety Force, through its establishment as the largest and most visible branch of the armed forces, the GSDF deployed an array of public outreach and public service initiatives, including off-base and on-base events, civil engineering projects, and natural disaster relief operations. Internally, the GSDF focused on indoctrination of its personnel to fashion a reconfigured patriotism and esprit de corps. These efforts to gain legitimacy achieved some success and influenced the public over time, but they did not just change society. They also transformed the force itself, as it assumed new priorities and traditions and contributed to the making of a Cold War defense identity, which came to be shared by wider society in Japan. As Inglorious, Illegal Bastards demonstrates, this identity endures today, several decades after the end of the Cold War.
Author: Eckhardt Fuchs
Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH
Published: 2017-12-04
Total Pages: 844
ISBN-13: 373700708X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor decades, historians and societal forces have campaigned for rapprochement, reconciliation and dialogue between East Asian nations. This book is a result of these efforts. Debates regarding the interpretation of the modern history of East Asia continue to affect bilateral relations between the states of the region. History education has become a particularly controversial issue in this context. This book’s main message is that a common understanding regarding the history of East Asia is possible, even though some differences remain. It is not only a major contribution to reconciliation in the region, but as the first textbook on the history of East Asia written collaboratively by scholars from three East Asian countries, it is also highly recommended for use in an anglophone teaching environment. The authors are a group of historians, teachers and concerned citizens from China, Japan and South Korea.
Author: K. Henshall
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-04-17
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0230369189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a pragmatic determination to succeed. Little-known facts are also brought to light, and the latest findings used.
Author: Jeremy Kuzmarov
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1558499172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA probing analysis of the impact of American policing operations abroad