Japan’S Postwar Defense Policy, 1947–1968 / / Martin E. Weinstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Weinstein, Martin E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1971]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 1971
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 p.)

A study of Japan's postwar defense policy that argues against the commonly held belief that the policy was a passive effort to balance American demands for bases, rearmament and a larger role in regional security with the pacifist, neutralist, antinuclear feelings of the Japanese people.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction -- ONE. The Geographical and Historical Setting -- TWO. The Origins and Basic Conception of Japan’s Postwar Defense Policy -- THREE. Defense Policy and the 1951 Security Treaty -- FOUR. Security Treaty Diplomacy, 1952–1957 -- FIVE. Defense Policy and the 1960 Treaty -- SIX. Defense Policy and the Self-Defense Forces -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Security Treaty between the United States and Japan, September 8, 1951 -- Appendix B: Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, Signed at Washington, D.C., January 19, 1960 -- Bibliography -- Index