The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy by Eldridge, Robert D.

The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349720101)

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The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy by Eldridge, Robert D.

The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy

$64.99
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy by Eldridge, Robert D.

The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force: Search for Legitimacy

$64.99
Format: Paperback
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Introduction
1. Organization and Structure of the GSDF


Part II. The History of the GSDF

2. The Early Years of the Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-1960

3. The GSDF during the Cold War, 1960-1989

4. The GSDF in the Post-Cold War Years, 1989-2013


Part III. Civilian Control and the Search for Acceptance

5. The History and Contemporary State of Civilian Control in Postwar Japan
and the GSDF
6. The GSDF and Disaster Relief Dispatches

7. The GSDF's Quest for Public Acceptance and the 'Allergy' Myth
Conclusion
Appendices


Author: Robert D. Eldridge
ISBN-10: 1349720100
ISBN-13: 9781349720101
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2020
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.89d
By Robert D. Eldridge
By Robert D. Eldridge
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Robert D. Eldridge is Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo, and the author or translator of several dozen books about Japan including most recently, The Origins of U.S. Policy in the East China Sea Islands Dispute: Okinawa's Reversion and the Senkaku Islands.
Paul Midford is Professor of Political Science and Director of the NTNU Japan Program at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He is the author of Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism?

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