The Japanese Question Power and Purpose in a New Era

by Pyle, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780844737997
• ISBN10: 0844737992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Aei Press

Summary

In this update of the 1992 edition, the author describes the emergence of Japan's new Asian strategy since the Cold War and the dilemmas it poses for American policymakers.

Author Biography

Kenneth Pyle is a professor of history and Asian studies at the University of Washington.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 3
The Question of a Resurgent Japan	p. 6
The Occupation and the Japanese Question	p. 8
Subsequent Views of the Japanese Question	p. 11
Japan's Postwar National Purpose	p. 20
The Yoshida Doctrine	p. 21
Institutionalization of the Yoshida Doctrine	p. 32
Competing Views of Japanese Purpose	p. 42
Progressive View of Japanese Purpose	p. 44
Economic Success and New Self-Confidence	p. 50
Political Nationalism and Opposition to the Yoshida Doctrine	p. 56
A New Definition of National Purpose	p. 65
Ohira and the New Intellectual Ferment	p. 68
A Neoconservative Agenda	p. 71
Internationalization and Internationalism	p. 74
Political Beliefs and the New Internationalism	p. 76
Tenets of the New Internationalism	p. 80
The Struggle to Reorient Japanese Purpose	p. 85
Nakasone's Grand Design	p. 88
A New Vision	p. 89
Japan as an International State	p. 91
A New Liberal Nationalism	p. 94
An Active Global Role	p. 101
Nakasone's Limited Success	p. 103
The Burdens of History	p. 106
Obstacles to Leadership	p. 107
External Pressure	p. 111
Changing the Culture	p. 113
From Followership to Leadership	p. 114
Between the Past and the Future	p. 118
Power and Purpose in a New Era	p. 121
Japan and Collective Security	p. 122
Japan and the Gulf War	p. 127
The Japanese Role in Asia	p. 131
Japan and the United States in Asia	p. 136
A New Era	p. 139
Notes	p. 147
Index	p. 161
About the Author	p. 171
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