The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance
The Eagle and the Chrysanthemum

The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance explores the evolution of the US-Japan alliance and analyzes the transformation of the Japanese security strategy from 1960 to 2013

Matteo Dian (Author)

9781843347668, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 July 2014

280 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.57 kg

"...an in-depth examination of some of the most significant issues of the US-Japan alliance since the two nations revised their Mutual Security Treaty more than fifty years ago…of interest to students and scholars working both on the important US-Japan alliance and on alliances in general." --Public Affairs

The US-Japan alliance has contributed significantly towards the development of the Japanese security strategy. The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance explores developments in the alliance between the US and Japan and analyzes the transformation of the Japanese security strategy from 1960 to 2013. It also describes the rise and the decline of Japanese pacifism and of the Yoshida Doctrine, the post war security strategy. Moreover, this book highlights how the end of the Cold War forced Japan to rethink its security strategy and post war pacifism. Japan has abandoned its identity of “peaceful nation?, turning itself into a “normal national?, drawing closer to the United States.

1. Asymmetric alliances in theory: Introduction2. Asymmetric alliances in theory3. How alliances evolve4. The alliance game5. Hypotheses6. From theory to history7. Since the creation of the alliance to the Nixon doctrine (1960-1969)8. Japan and the alliance during the détente (1969-1978): Renewal of the alliance and "normalization" of Japan, 1997-20089. The alliance and the American Pivot to Asia (2008-2013)10. Conclusion

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]