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Post-war Japan as a Sea Power

Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

AvAlessio Patalano,Jeremy Black

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In Post-war Japan as a Sea Power, Alessio Patalano incorporates new, exclusive source material to develop an innovative approach to the study of post-war Japan as a military power. This archival-based history of Asia's most advanced navy, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), looks beyond the traditional perspective of viewing the modern Japanese military in light of the country's alliance with the US. The book places the institution in a historical context, analysing its imperial legacy and the role of Japan's shattering defeat in WWII in the post-war emergence of Japan as East Asia’s ‘sea power’.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-10-20
Mått156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Studies in Military History
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350011083

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Introduction: Japanese Sea Power: From Kaigun to KaijiChapter 1: Traditions and Ethos: The Emperor's NavyChapter 2: History and Memory: Creating the Imperial LegacyChapter 3: Legacy and Experience: Shaping the New NavyChapter 4: Ethos and Propaganda: A Century-old Navy with New Men and CapabilitiesChapter 5: Strategy and Policy: The "Sea Power" of the PacificChapter 6: Doctrine and Fleet: A Balanced ForceConclusions: The Recent Past and the Near FutureBibliographyIndex

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe currently confronts a threat China poses in the South China Sea. Abe’s ongoing task is to revise the postwar role of the Japanese military from a self-defense force to a traditional military establishment, especially the navy. Early in the 20th century, the Imperial Japanese Navy was one of the most formidable naval forces in the world, but few present-day readers are aware of the JMSDF, or Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Patalano (King’s College London) seeks to enlighten the public about the Japanese effort to create a new naval force relying on civilian control but capitalizing on JMSDF’s imperial past. The author reveals how the military in Japan reinvented itself to meet the new realities of the postwar world. Although, as Patalano notes, elements in Japan kept those memories alive, it took a new breed of naval officers to integrate those traditions into the JMSDF. Patalano’s excellent study will not disappoint those interested in contemporary Japanese naval history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Most levels/libraries.