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  • Global Security Watch?Japanby Andrew Lee Oros; Yuki Tatsumi

    ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 50.00

    This book offers a comprehensive overview of Japan's national security institutions and policy today, including a detailed discussion of Japan's regional security environment and its alliance with the United States in the context of the Democratic Party of Japan's rise to power in August 2009. more...

  • The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895by S. C. M. Paine

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 34.00

    This book examines the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–5, a seminal event in world history. more...

  • Policy Entrepreneurship and Elections in Japanby Takashi Oka

    Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 148.00

    Ozawa Ichir? is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, having held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Liberal Democrat Party and, after defection from the LDP, President of the Democratic Party of Japan. Ozawa has distinctive ideas that set him apart from the average Japanese politician, he believes in the concept of the independence... more...

  • Japan's Foreign Policy, 1945-2009by Kazuhiko Togo

    BRILL 2010; US$ 83.00

    Now in its third edition.This is a fascinating insider account of postwar Japanese foreign policy written by a former senior Japanese diplomat. The author examines Japanese foreign policy as it approaches a crucial reorientation towards a more proactive policy stance. The book is exceptionally clear, accessible and interesting for anyone interested... more...

  • Nagasakiby Craig Collie

    Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 29.99

    Using contemporary diaries and letters, mainly translated from Japanese, we follow a group of Nagasaki residents, (including several Australian POWs) from the early morning of the day of the bombing of Hiroshima to midnight on the day of the second bombing in Nagasaki. more...

  • Air Operations in Israel's War Against Hezbollahby Benjamin S. Lambeth

    RAND Corporation 2011; US$ 9.95

    Examines the performance of the Israeli Defense Forces in Lebanon in 2006 and contrasts it with Israel's action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009. more...

  • Japan and ASEAN in East Asiaby Junichiro Koizumi

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2002; US$ 19.50

    This book contains the text of the Singapore Lecture delivered by Junichiro Koizumi on 14 January 2002.... more...

  • Japan and Russiaby Yulia Mikhailova; M. William Steele

    BRILL 2008; US$ 105.00

    There is growing awareness of the importance of images in international relations. Explore the phenomenon over three centuries relating to Russia and Japan. A general perception of one country by another ? the ?stereotypical collective mentality? ? is historic phenomenon that continues to be a fundamental to international relations at all levels. more...

  • Philipp Franz von Siebold and the Opening of Japanby Herbert Plutschow

    BRILL 2007; US$ 97.00

    This new study challenges the conventional view that the key figures involved in the opening of Japan were the US Navy?s Commodore Perry, and the diplomats Harris (US) and Alcock (UK). A close examination of new sources suggests otherwise and puts Von Siebold?s agenda to ?save? Japan from being overtaken by the colonial and commercial ambitions of... more...

  • Samurai Armies 1550-1615by Stephen Turnbull; Richard Hook

    Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.99

    In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, during the Battle of Nagashino, one of the... more...