Search Results - "Peace"

Performing the great peace : political space and open secrets in Tokugawa Japan / by Roberts, Luke Shepherd

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Compassionate light in Asia : a dialogue / by Jin, Yong, 1924-, Ikeda, Daisaku

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The Japanese in war and peace, 1942-48 selected documents from a translator's in-tray / by Nish, Ian Hill

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Japan as a 'global pacifist state' : its changing pacifism and security identity / by Akimoto, Daisuke, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : pacifism and security identity of Japan -- Japan as a pacifist state : security policy 1945-1990 -- Japan as a UN peace-keeper in Cambodia -- Japan as a UN peace-builder in East Timor -- Japan as a US ally in response to the war on terror -- Japan as a global pacifist state : the future of the peace constitution and Japan's core security identity -- Conclusion.…”
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The political process and foreign policy : the making of the Japanese peace settlement / by Cohen, Bernard Cecil, 1926-

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Hirohito the Shōwa Emperor in war and peace / by Hata, Ikuhiko

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Transpacific field of dreams how baseball linked the United States and Japan in peace and war / by Guthrie-Shimizu, Sayuri

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Beyond the mushroom cloud commemoration, religion, and responsibility after Hiroshima / by Miyamoto, Yuki

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Thought Crime : Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan / by Ward, Max M., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the ghost in the machine: emperor system ideology and the peace preservation law apparatus -- Kokutai and the aporias of imperial sovereignty : the passage of the Peace Preservation Law in 1925 -- Transcriptions of power : repression and rehabilitation in the early Peace Preservation Law apparatus, 1925-1933 -- Apparatuses of subjection : the rehabilitation of thought criminals in the early 1930s -- Nurturing the ideological avowal : toward the codification of tenkō in 1936 -- The ideology of conversion : tenkō on the eve of total war -- Epilogue: the legacies of the thought rehabilitation system in postwar Japan.…”
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Thought Crime : Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan / by Ward, Max M., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the ghost in the machine: emperor system ideology and the peace preservation law apparatus -- Kokutai and the aporias of imperial sovereignty : the passage of the Peace Preservation Law in 1925 -- Transcriptions of power : repression and rehabilitation in the early Peace Preservation Law apparatus, 1925-1933 -- Apparatuses of subjection : the rehabilitation of thought criminals in the early 1930s -- Nurturing the ideological avowal : toward the codification of tenkō in 1936 -- The ideology of conversion : tenkō on the eve of total war -- Epilogue: the legacies of the thought rehabilitation system in postwar Japan.…”
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Fabricating consumers the sewing machine in modern Japan / by Gordon, Andrew, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Sewing modernity in war and peace.…”
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Film and political culture in postwar Japan by Gibbs, Michael H.

Table of Contents: “…Sorting through conflicts, 1972-1987 -- Taking peace for granted, 1987-2009.…”
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Pride, Not Prejudice : National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia / by Chung, Eunbin

Table of Contents: “…Are Strong National Identities Harmful For Peace? -- Chapter 2. Why Can't We Move Beyond the Past? …”
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Pride, Not Prejudice : National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia / by Chung, Eunbin

Table of Contents: “…Are Strong National Identities Harmful For Peace? -- Chapter 2. Why Can't We Move Beyond the Past? …”
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Japan a concise history / by Meyer, Milton Walter

Table of Contents: “…Traditional Japan: prehistory to 1185 -- Ancient Japan (to ca. 400 CE) -- Yamato Japan (ca. 400-700) -- Nara Japan (710-794) -- Heian Japan (794-1185) -- Feudal Japan (1185-1868) -- Kamakuru Japan (1185-1333) -- Ashikaga Japan (1333-1603) -- Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): stability -- Tokugawa Japan: change -- Tokugawa Japan: Western intrusion -- Modern Japan (1868-1945) -- Meiji Japan (1868-1912): politics -- Meiji Japan: economics and society -- Meiji Japan: foreign relations -- Imperial Japan: world power (1912-1922) -- Imperial Japan: peace and conflict (1922-1937) -- Imperial Japan: World War II (1937-1945) -- Postwar Japan (1945 to present) -- Occupied Japan (1945-1952) -- Contemporary Japan (since 1952): domestic affairs, politics -- Contemporary Japan: domestic affairs, economics and society -- Contemporary Japan: foreign affairs.…”
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Dokdo historical appraisal and international justice /

Table of Contents: “…Van Dyke -- Territorial disputes in East Asia, the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951, and the legacy of U.S. security interests in East Asia / Seokwoo Lee -- A possible practical solution for the dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima Islands from the perspective of the law of the sea / Atsuko Kanehara -- Dokdo, colonialism, and international law : lessons from the decision of the ICJ in the land and maritime dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria / Dakas CJ Dakas -- Problems of contiguity, natural unity, and ancient original title to islands with special reference to Dokdo / Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad -- An American assessment of South Korea's policy options towards its claim to Dokdo and its relations with Japan / Larry A. …”
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Japan's foreign policy since 1945 by Cooney, Kevin J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the story of Japan after World War II -- The catalyst for change -- The problem and the questions -- The literature -- Elite Interviews -- The variables -- Objectives and expected significance of the book -- Ouline of the book -- The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy -- Historical background -- Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990 -- The Gulf War requires change -- The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy -- The peace keeping operations law (PKO) -- Towards a security council seat and beyond -- Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security -- Japanese limitations -- Alternative security -- The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing -- Alternative views of Japanese security -- Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan -- A model of foreign-policy restructuring -- Talking to the policy makers themselves -- What are the foreign-policy makers thinking -- Planning for Japan's future security -- Japan's national security -- Abandonment -- Japan's options -- The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world -- Adjusting to the post-cold war world -- Gaiatsu -- The myth of Gaiatsu -- What is Japan doing? …”
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Secret wars and secret policies in the Americas, 1842-1929 by Schuler, Friedrich Engelbert, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] …”
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