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Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force : a sword well made

Hunter-Chester, David, author

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\"This work is the first of its kind to offer, in English, an institutional and organizational history focused on the GSDF [Ground Self-Defense Force] for the first 70 years of its existence. It takes on issues of policy and challenges the accepted history of the origin of Article 9. It is the first study to focus on the GSDF's creation of its own personal identity, and the first history to trace depictions, and the lack of depictions, of soldiers in Japan's postwar popular culture. As well, the history highlights understandings of and challenges to Japan's defense policy and defense identity in popular culture. The history of the creation of the Ground Self-Defense Force is complex, involving policymakers from two nations, a public that comes to desire a defense force that does not seem military, and most importantly, a military that wants to serve the public. The story begins with defeat, but is ultimately a story of victory; the victory of a dedicated group of soldiers and other public servants who, working through the difficulties enumerated in this study, manage to craft a professional, well-respected ground force that is committed to serving the nation of Japan and contributing to international security abroad and still seeks a consistently positive and active presence in their country's imagination\"--Page 23.

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Subject: Japan. Rikujهo Jieitai History. / Japan. Rikujهo Jieitai Organization. / National security Japan. / Civil-military relations Japan. / Japan Military policy.
• ISBN: 149853791X, 9781498537919

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
UA847.H88 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE