| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 377 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The market-to-military trend -- Evolution of Japan's space policy -- The players -- Launch vehicles -- Satellites and spacecraft -- Emerging technologies -- In defense of Japan. |
| Summary |
"In Defense of Japan provides the first complete, up-to-date, English-language account of the history, politics, and policy of Japan's strategic space development. The dual-use nature of space technologies, meaning that they cut across both market and military applications, has had two important consequences for Japan. First, Japan has developed space technologies for the market in its civilian space program that have yet to be commercially competitive. Second, faced with rising geopolitical uncertainties and in the interest of their own economics, the makers of such technologies have been critical players in the shift from the market to the military in Japan's space capabilities and policy. This book shows how the sum total of market-to-military moves across space launch vehicles, satellites and spacecraft, and emerging related technologies, already mark Japan as an advanced military space power"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astronautics and state -- Japan.
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Astronautics and state. |
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Japan. |
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National security -- Japan.
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National security. |
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Astronautics, Military -- Japan.
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Astronautics, Military. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kallender-Umezu, Paul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pekkanen, Saadia M. In defense of Japan. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010 9780804700634 (DLC) 2010013900 (OCoLC)606053962 |
| ISBN |
9780804775007 (electronic book) |
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0804775001 (electronic book) |
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9780804700634 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080470063X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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