Reconstructing Japan's security policy : the role of military crises /

This book is a detailed study of the role that external military crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security policies in the period following the end of the Cold War.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singh, Bhubhindar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. A Case for Crisis in Japanese Security Policymaking
  • The Debate
  • A Case for External Military Crises
  • Contribution
  • Structure
  • 2. 'Crisis is what a state makes of it'
  • Threat Construction Process
  • Cases
  • Sources
  • 3. International Peacekeeping
  • The Crisis
  • The 'Crisis' in the Crisis
  • Threat Construction
  • Security Policy Development
  • 4. Regional Defence
  • The Crises
  • The 'Crisis' in the Crises
  • Threat Construction
  • Security Policy Development
  • 5. Global Missions
  • The Crisis
  • The 'Crisis' in the Crisis
  • Threat Construction
  • Security Policy Development
  • 6. Collective Self-Defence
  • The Crisis
  • The 'Crisis' in the Crisis
  • Threat Construction
  • Security Policy Development
  • 7. Summary, Implications and US-China Competition
  • Implications for Japanese Security Policy Practice
  • Japan and US-China Competition
  • Bibliography
  • Index.