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No longer convinced they can rely on Americans to defend their country, Tokyos political leaders are now confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nations military for war.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49732332781841,"sku":"NGR9780674987647","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50356596637969,"sku":"CIN0674987640G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53143725572369,"sku":"GOR009716467","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0674987640.jpg?v=1751136559"},{"product_id":"japan-rearmed-book-sheila-a-smith-9780674293953","title":"Japan Rearmed","description":"“Washington’s relationship with Tokyo is generally considered the most important of the United States’ 70-odd alliances. In this intimately knowledgeable book, Smith shows how that alliance looks to the Japanese: increasingly unreliable.”—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs  “Masterfully traces the interplay of Japan’s military heritage, politics, national sentiment, threats, and alliance with the United States in the formation and development of the Self-Defense Force. Even experts will find new information and insights.”—Admiral Dennis Blair, US Navy (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Command  “A must-read for US policymakers responsible for Asia.” —J. Thomas Schieffer, former US Ambassador to Japan  “A highly readable and richly detailed account of Japan’s rearmament and the politics surrounding it.”—Journal of American–East Asian Relations  Japan has one of Asia’s most technologically advanced militaries, yet it has struggled to use its hard power as an instrument of national policy. The horrors of World War II continue to haunt policymakers in Tokyo, but a fundamental shift in East Asian geopolitics has forced Japan to rethink its commitment to pacifism. Its military, once feared as a security liability, now appears to be an indispensable asset.  In Japan Rearmed, Sheila Smith argues that Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korean missiles and Chinese maritime activities, it is fundamentally reevaluating its dependence on the United States as its leaders confront the very real possibility that they may soon need to prepare for war.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49745597333777,"sku":"NGR9780674293953","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52902452789521,"sku":"CIN0674293959LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0674293959.jpg?v=1751444980"},{"product_id":"intimate-rivals-book-sheila-a-smith-9780231167888","title":"Intimate Rivals","description":"No country feels China's rise more deeply than Japan. Through intricate case studies of visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, conflicts over the boundaries of economic zones in the East China Sea, concerns about food safety, and strategies of island defense, Sheila A. Smith explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it tries to navigate its relationship with an advancing China. Smith finds that Japan's interactions with China extend far beyond the negotiations between diplomats and include a broad array of social actors intent on influencing the Sino-Japanese relationship. Some of the tensions complicating Japan's encounters with China, such as those surrounding the Yasukuni Shrine or territorial disputes, have deep roots in the postwar era, and political advocates seeking a stronger Japanese state organize themselves around these causes. Other tensions manifest themselves during the institutional and regulatory reform of maritime boundary and food safety issues. Smith scrutinizes the role of the Japanese government in coping with contention as China's influence grows and Japanese citizens demand more protection. Underlying the government's efforts is Japan's insecurity about its own capacity for change and its waning status as the leading economy in Asia. For many, China's rise means Japan's decline, and Smith suggests how Japan can maintain its regional and global clout as confidence in its postwar diplomatic and security approach diminishes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49884577890577,"sku":"CIN0231167881G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0231167881.jpg?v=1750877058"},{"product_id":"intimate-rivals-book-sheila-a-smith-9780231167895","title":"Intimate Rivals","description":"No country feels China's rise more deeply than Japan. Through intricate case studies of visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, conflicts over the boundaries of economic zones in the East China Sea, concerns about food safety, and strategies of island defense, Sheila A. Smith explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it tries to navigate its relationship with an advancing China. Smith finds that Japan's interactions with China extend far beyond the negotiations between diplomats and include a broad array of social actors intent on influencing the Sino-Japanese relationship. Some of the tensions complicating Japan's encounters with China, such as those surrounding the Yasukuni Shrine or territorial disputes, have deep roots in the postwar era, and political advocates seeking a stronger Japanese state organize themselves around these causes. Other tensions manifest themselves during the institutional and regulatory reform of maritime boundary and food safety issues. Smith scrutinizes the role of the Japanese government in coping with contention as China's influence grows and Japanese citizens demand more protection. Underlying the government's efforts is Japan's insecurity about its own capacity for change and its waning status as the leading economy in Asia. For many, China's rise means Japan's decline, and Smith suggests how Japan can maintain its regional and global clout as confidence in its postwar diplomatic and security approach diminishes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51328435749137,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51328438534417,"sku":"CIN023116789XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51504630432017,"sku":"GOR014306317","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/023116789X.jpg?v=1751452229"},{"product_id":"japan-s-new-politics-and-the-u-s-japan-alliance-book-sheila-a-smith-9780876095935","title":"Japan's New Politics and the U.S.-Japan Alliance","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapan's new politics challenge some basic assumptions about U.S.-Japan alliance management. From the election of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 2009 to the return of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 2012, this new era of alternating parties in power has revealed the growing importance of Japan's domestic politics in shaping alliance cooperation. The fluidity in electoral outcomes in recent parliamentary elections reveals the extent of Japanese voter frustration with the government. A divided Diet challenged the Japanese government's ability to implement policy. Policy reform is in high demand in Tokyo, and the U.S.-Japan alliance is not immune to the popular call for greater accountability as past choices are increasingly subjected to policy review.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo be sure, the confusion and disconnect between Washington and Tokyo during the early months of the DPJ rule created concerns about the alliance as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sought to revise and revamp alliance priorities, including the difficult relocation effort for the U.S. Marine air base in Okinawa. The March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, however, revealed the importance of regular alliance planning during times of crisis, and the Naoto Kan cabinet and Barack Obama administration effectively developed a crisis management response for disaster relief in Tohoku and for managing the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. The third DPJ prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, developed close cooperation with Washington, and advocated for a revision in the bilateral defense cooperation guidelines and closer coordination on the growing challenges in the East China Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese increased tensions between Japan and China, as well as between Japan and South Korea, set the stage for Japan's second transition in government in 2012. In large numbers, voters shifted their loyalties once again to bring back into power the conservatives under the leadership of Shinzo Abe. Since then, the Abe cabinet has introduced a full defense reform agenda designed to improve Japan's ability to respond to regional trends and strengthen alliance policy coordination, yet regional tensions have also raised challenges for the alliance. Bridging the diplomatic distance between Tokyo and Seoul has been a particularly difficult task. South Korean president Park Geun-hye's emphasis on basing regional cooperation on a correct understanding of history has put additional strain on Tokyo as Seoul and Beijing have found common cause in their critique of the Abe government. In Washington, Prime Minister Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in December 2013 triggered concern about the prospects for further estrangement and prompted a more direct U.S. role in mediating between its two Northeast Asian allies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond partisan differences over how to manage the alliance, Japan's new politics have deeper implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance. Three challenges will confront U.S. policymakers as they seek to work with Japanese governments in the years ahead. First, electoral change will continue to create hurdles for predictable alliance management. Second, the challenges of alliance management should not be attributed solely to one party, but rather to the more complex domestic sensitivities to the complicated geostrategic shifts underway in the Asia-Pacific region. Finally, the United States and Japan must address the complex normative challenge to the alliance as national identity debates across Asia challenge the postwar order and recast domestic politics in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52540497199377,"sku":"NLS9780876095935","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780876095935.jpg?v=1760685957"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-sheila-a-smith.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}