By Tomoyuki Sasaki, Christopher Gerteis
Japan's so-called 'peace structure' renounces struggle as a sovereign correct of the kingdom, and bans the country from owning any struggle power. but Japan additionally keeps a wide, world-class army association, particularly the Self-Defence Forces (Sdf). during this ebook, Tomoyuki Sasaki explores how the Sdf enlisted renowned help from civil society and the way civil society spoke back to the expansion of the Sdf.
Japan's Postwar army and Civil Society information the interactions among the Sdf and civil society over 4 a long time, from the release of rearmament in 1950. those interactions contain recruitment, civil engineering, catastrophe aid, anti-Sdf litigation, kingdom monetary help for groups with bases, and a fear-mongering crusade opposed to the Soviet Union. by way of interpreting those wide-range matters, the booklet demonstrates how the militarization of society complex because the Sdf consolidated its ideological and socio-economic ties with civil society and its function as a defender of well known welfare. whereas postwar Japan is frequently depicted as a relaxed society, this booklet demanding situations the sort of view, and illuminates the famous presence of the army in people's daily lives.
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