Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan - Softcover

Berger, Thomas U.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801872383 ISBN 13: 9780801872389

Verlag: JHUP, 2003

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"Thomas Berger not only makes an important new contribution to our understanding of national security and defense planning in those countries, but also does a great service to the scholarly community by showing that cultural theory remains a viable methodology for the study of war."

(Douglas A. Borer Perspectives on Political Science)

"An important academic achievement."

(Kazuhiko Noguchi Social Science Japan Journal)

"A remarkable documentation of these two quite different cultures, one European and the other Asian, which experienced varying political pressures, but which agreed to remain demilitarized and unaggressive."

(Ed Peterson H-German, H-Net Reviews)

"Through his incisive comparative analysis of Germany and Japan, Thomas Berger makes an important contribution to the debate on how much culture and norms matter for national security policies. Essential reading for those interested in the theoretical study of international security as well as students of German and Japanese defense policy after World War II."

(Mike M. Mochizuki, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies,George Washington University)

"Thomas Berger's study is brilliant and original. It is nothing short of a landmark in its analysis of Germany and Japan but also in its conceptualization of comparative foreign policy."

(Andy Markovits, University of Michigan)

Reseña del editor:

After suffering crushing military defeats in 1945, both Japan and Germany have again achieved positions of economic dominance and political influence. Yet neither seeks to regain its former military power; on the contrary, antimilitarism has become so deeply rooted in the Japanese and German national psyches that even such questions as participation in international peacekeeping forces are met with widespread domestic opposition. In Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan Thomas Berger analyzes the complex domestic and international political forces that brought about this unforeseen transformation.

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• Verlag: JHUP
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0801872383
• ISBN 13: 9780801872389
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276