Description: Explores how Japan navigated its alliance with the United States in the aftermath of 9/11, balancing its pacifist constitution with evolving global security demands through newly revealed diplomatic documents and high-level policy analysis.
Brief description: Ryuji Hattori is Professor of Political Science at Chuo University in Japan.
Review Quotes:
"Written by one of the best diplomatic historians in the field and based on primary documents and scholarship (in three languages), this is a unique explanation of Japan's foreign policymaking after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States." - Robert D. Eldridge, Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs