Japan's Postwar Military and Civil Society: Contesting a Better Life

by Tomoyuki Sasaki

Book Overview

Japan's so-called 'peace constitution' renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation, and bans the nation from possessing any war potential. Yet Japan also maintains a large, world-class military organization, namely the Self-Defence Forces (SDF). In this book, Tomoyuki Sasaki explores how the SDF enlisted popular support from civil society and how civil society responded to the growth of the SDF.

Japan's Postwar Military and Civil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472525558
• ISBN13: 9781472525550
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"