Japan'S Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks Of The Rubicon (Politics In Asia)

Exploring Japan's involvement in both Afghanistan and Iraq, this book examines the evolution and nature of the new civil-military dimension in Japanese foreign policy. It shows how foreign aid, Japan's traditional non-military diplomatic tool, was merged with the operations of the Japanese Self-Defense Force in Iraq and the activities of NATO-ISAF forces in Afghanistan, and emphasises the centrality of civilian power to Japanese foreign policy and diplomacy. However, Dennis Yasutomo argues that while a new civil-military security culture is replacing the old merchant state culture of pacifism and anti-militarism, Japan does not yet qualify as a military "normal nation". 9780415711296 0415711290 0 BOOK POLITICAL SCIENCE NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=OGDrngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Dennis T. Yasutomo
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 06, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 210 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415711290
• | ISBN-13: 9780415711296