The Self-Defense Forces and Postwar Politics in Japan : Akihiro,Sado

Traducción: Makito, Noda

Prologue : military of a nation that renounces war --Beginning of the rearmament of Japan. Does establishment of the National Police Reserve constitute the rearmament of Japan? --From National Safety Forces to Japan Self-Defense Forces --The birth and growth of the JSDF. The defense agency and the JSDF --The build up of defense capabilities and a series of defense build-up plans --The Nakasone Plan and the argument for autonomous national defense --Formulation of the National Defense Program guidelines --During the second Cold War. Formulation of the guidelines for Japan-U.S. defense cooperation --What comprehensive security is --Toward a stronger U.S.-Japan alliance --The JSDF and the end of the Cold War. Lessons from the Gulf War --Multilateral security cooperation vs. the U.S.-Japan alliance --In the midst of redefinition of the U.S.-Japan security arrangements --New threats and the new NDPG --The JSDF at a turning point --The transformation of Japan's Security Policy and the JSDF.