Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015 : a sword well made /
"This study provides a comprehensive institutional history of Japan's post-1945 army. It also analyzes representations of the military in popular culture, the place of soldiers in the formation of the country's postwar national identity, and the social and political impact of constitu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2016]
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Colección: | New studies in modern Japan.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: renouncing war, struggling to rearm, creating the ground self-defense force, and reimagining the soldier
- Disarmament and the voices of dissent
- Hot- and cold-running wars and a changing consensus, 1946-1950
- Old iron and new steel, 1950-1952
- The GSDF organized, 1952-1960
- Sheathing the blade, polishing the spirit: 1960-1976
- A sword in the storm, a life-giving sword: policy and ground truth, 1978-1995
- New century, new threats, new GSDF, 1996-2015
- Drawing weapons: reimagining the soldier, 1945-2015
- Conclusion: a sword well made.