National Police Reserve

Thomas French, Ph.D. (2010), Southampton University, is Associate Professor of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University. He has published articles and policy papers on Northeast Asian security and the Self Defence Forces and is a regular contributor to ISN/ETH’s Security Watch.

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgementsGlossary A Note on the Text IntroductionI:The NPR in the Literature and ArchivesSecondary LiteratureArchival SourcesTerminologyII. The JCP and the Domestic Context of the Creation of the NPR: 1945-1950The JCP 1945-1950: ‘Peaceful Revolution’ to ‘Military Policy’Japanese Conceptions of Internal Security and the Desire for a ConstabularyConclusionIII. The International Context of the Creation of the NPR: 1945-1950 The International Political Context Competing American Visions of Japanese Security US Constabularies Before the NPR The Korean War and the Birth of the NPR ConclusionIV. The Organisational Character of the NPRRecruitment Training and Examinations Deployment and Logistics The Capabilities of the NPR The Internal Security Role Envisaged for the NPR The NPR's Links with the Civil PoliceThe NPR and Former Officers I ConclusionV. The Operational Aspects of the NPRThe Living Conditions of Members of the NPRThe Legal Position of the NPRThe JCP 1950-1952: The ‘Military Policy’ in Action, Attempts at Violent Revolution in Japan The JCP and the NPR Disaster Relief Conclusion VI. The Evolution of the NPRThe Chinese Intervention and the Fall of MacArthur The Push for Heavy Armament and Expansion The NPR and Former Officers II The NSF, SDF and Japanese Resistance Continuities in the NSF and SDF Conclusion Conclusion Appendices I. The ‘Constabulary Letter’, 2 October 1945II. Yoshida to MacArthur, Letter on Police Reform/Recentralisation, 6 August 1949III. Macarthur to Yoshida, Letter Authorising the Creation of the NPR, 8 July 1950IV. Stalin’s New Year’s Message to the Japanese People, 31 December 1951V. Japanese Policy Document: ‘Initial Steps for Re-armament Program’, 3 February 1951 BibliographyIndex