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Author Sasaki, Tomoyuki, author.

Title Japan's postwar military and civil society : contesting a better life / Tomoyuki Sasaki.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan
SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Japan's so-called 'peace constitution' renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation, and bans the nation from possessing any war potential. Yet Japan also maintains a large, world-class military organization, namely the Self-Defence Forces (SDF). In this book, Tomoyuki Sasaki explores how the SDF enlisted popular support from civil society and how civil society responded to the growth of the SDF. Japan's Postwar Military and Civil Society details the interactions between the SDF and civil society over four decades, from the launch of rearmament in 1950. These interactions include recruitment, civil engineering, disaster relief, anti-SDF litigation, state financial support for communities with bases, and a fear-mongering campaign against the Soviet Union. By examining these wide-range issues, the book demonstrates how the militarization of society advanced as the SDF consolidated its ideological and socio-economic ties with civil society and its role as a defender of popular welfare. While postwar Japan is often depicted as a peaceful society, this book challenges such a view, and illuminates the prominent presence of the military in people's everyday lives."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Contents List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Militarization in Democracy -- 1. A Promised Opportunity: The Self-Defense Forces in the Labor Market -- 2. Becoming An Army for the People: The Self-Defense Forces in Hokkaido Communities -- 3. Peace in Dispute: Anti-Military Litigation and the Constitutionality of the Self-Defense Forces -- 4. Overcoming Crises: The Emergence of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency -- 5. "The Threat from the North": Fear-Mongering and the Making of Military Base Hokkaido -- Conclusion: Where Is Militarization Headed? -- Bibliography -- Index
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Subject Japan -- Armed Forces -- Social aspects.
Japan.
Armed Forces.
Social aspects.
Civil-military relations -- Japan.
Civil-military relations.
Sociology, Military -- Japan.
Sociology, Military.
Japan -- Military policy -- Social aspects.
Military policy.
Hokkaido (Japan) -- Defenses.
Hokkaido (Japan) -- Politics and government.
Japan -- Armed Forces -- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Japan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version:Original (DLC) 2015005185
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