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Japan as a Maritime Power

Japan as a Maritime Power

Gerteis, Christopher
Kousaka, Masataka
Midford, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Soas Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan

General World HistoryInternational Relations

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 23, 2027

ISBN10: 1472529693
ISBN13: 9781472529695
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Dec 23 2027
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Masataka Kousaka (1934-1996) was one of Japan's most influential post-war realists; a leading Cold War scholar, commentator and advisor to political parties and prime ministers. Japan as a Maritime Power, an edited collection of his crucial writings, provides a realist account of international politics and Japan's foreign policy as a maritime power, as well as discussing Japan's strategy towards China, particularly in the 1960s.

Realism and post-war Japan are two subjects rarely associated in western scholarly literature about Japan, in which post-war Japan is overwhelmingly associated with pacifism. As such, little attention has been paid to post-war Japanese realists and their intellectual contribution to understanding Japanese foreign policy, international politics, and realism more generally. This translation corrects this omission by introducing his thinking to a wider audience, broadening the nuanced intellectual debate surrounding Japanese international relations. It will transform western readers' understanding of Japan's Cold War, foreign policy and its contribution to realism and theories of international politics.

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