Cultures of Antimilitarism

After suffering crushing military defeats in 1945, both Japan and Germany have again achieved positions of economic dominance and political influence. Yet neither seeks to regain its former military power; on the contrary, antimilitarism has become so deeply rooted in the Japanese and German national psyches that even such questions as participation in international peacekeeping forces are met with widespread domestic opposition. In Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan Thomas Berger analyzes the complex domestic and international political forces that brought about this unforeseen transformation.

ISBN	0801872383	Pages	276
ISBN13	9780801872389 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press	Weight (grammes)	410
Imprint	Johns Hopkins University Press	Published in	Baltimore, MD
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	229
Publication date	01 Jun 2003	Width (mm)	152
Library of Congress	UA710 \.B4	Spine width (mm)	15
DEWEY	355.033043	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22	Interest age	From 17

Thomas Berger not only makes an important new contribution to our understanding of national security and defense planning in those countries, but also does a great service to the scholarly community by showing that cultural theory remains a viable methodology for the study of war. -- Douglas A. Borer Perspectives on Political Science An important academic achievement. -- Kazuhiko Noguchi Social Science Japan Journal A remarkable documentation of these two quite different cultures, one European and the other Asian, which experienced varying political pressures, but which agreed to remain demilitarized and unaggressive. -- Ed Peterson H-German, H-Net Reviews 2004

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