"Rich Nation, Strong Army" : National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan /

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Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses. In the United States, nearly one in every three scientists and engineers was engaged in def...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Samuels, Richard J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Cornell studies in political economy.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technology transfer > Japan.
Technology and state > Japan.
National security > Japan.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The strategic relationship of the military and civilian economies
  • The ideological basis of Japanese technonationalism
  • Military technonationalism and arms production in imperial Japan
  • The imperial Japanese aircraft industry
  • Girding the nation's loins for peace
  • Forces at work : rebuilding Japan's defense industry
  • The postwar Japanese aircraft industry
  • Japan's technology highways
  • Technonationalism and the protocols of the Japanese economy.

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