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War, guilt, and world politics after World War II
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ISBN: 9781107674950 9781139518864 1139518860 1280775173 9781280775178 9781139515351 1139515357 9781139109437 113910943X 9781139517003 1139517007 9781107021600 110702160X 1107674956 1107231612 1139508296 9786613685568 1139517937 1139514431 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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When do states choose to adopt a penitent stance towards the past? When do they choose to offer apologies for historical misdeeds, offer compensation for their victims and incorporate the darker sides of history into their textbooks, public monuments and museums? When do they choose not to do so? And what are the political consequences of how states portray the past? This book pursues these questions by examining how governments in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have wrestled with the difficult legacy of the Second World War and the impact of their policies on regional politics in Europe and Asia. The book argues that states can reconcile over historical issues, but to do so requires greater political will and imposes greater costs than is commonly realized. At the same time, in an increasingly interdependent world, failure to do so can have a profoundly disruptive effect on regional relations and feed dangerous geopolitical tensions.

Cultures of antimilitarism: national security in Germany and Japan
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ISBN: 0801858208 Year: 1998 Publisher: London Johns Hopkins University Press

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Japan in international politics : the foreign policies of an adaptive state
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ISBN: 9781588264831 9781588264596 1588264831 1588264599 Year: 2007 Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers,

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Reluctant warriors : Germany, Japan, and their U.S. alliance dilemma
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ISBN: 9780815737360 Year: 2020 Publisher: Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press

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Since the end of World War II, Germany and Japan have been the most reluctant of all major U.S. allies to take on military responsibilities. Given their histories, this reluctance certainly is understandable. But because of their size and economic importance, Germany and Japan are the most important U.S. allies in Europe and in East Asia, respectively, and their long-term reluctance to share the defense burden has become a perennial source of frustration for Washington. The potential security roles of Germany and Japan are becoming increasingly important given the uncertainty, indeed volatility, of today's international environment. Under President Trump, friction among allies over burden-sharing is more intense than ever before. Meanwhile, the security environments in Europe and Asia have deteriorated because of the resurgence of a belligerent Russia under Vladimir Putin, the steady rise of an increasingly assertive China, and North Korea's worrisome acquisition of nuclear weapons. Partly in response to these developments, Germany and Japan in recent years have boosted their security efforts, mainly by increasing defense spending and taking on a somewhat broader range of military missions. Even so, because of their cultures of anti-militarism resistance remains strong in both countries to rebuilding the military and assuming more responsibility for sustaining regional or even global peace. In this book, a team of noted international experts critically examines how and why Germany and Japan have modified their military postures since 1990 so far, and assesses how far the countries still have to go - and why. The contributors also highlight the risks the United States takes if it makes too simplistic a demand for the two countries to 'do more'.


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Reluctant Warriors: Germany, Japan, and Their U.S. Alliance Dilemma
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ISBN: 081573736X 0815737378 Year: 2020 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

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Japan in International Politics : The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State

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Explores the shift in Japanese foreign policy toward a more coherent and proactive approach.

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