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Lonely New York (Paperback)
Natasha Hulme, Michael Penn
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The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in
global geopolitics. Japan's economic might and sphere of
geographical influence, between China, North Korea and the US,
means it has the potential to be a major ally in the War on Terror.
While Japan's constitution does not allow for militarism or acts of
war, in the post 9/11 world the use of the Japanese nation's
'Self-Defence Force' has become increasingly normal - a result of
the exploitation of legal loopholes and political double-speak that
has been used to bypass Japan's pacifist ideology. Here, Michael
Penn assesses the role of US diplomats and lobbyists in Tokyo, the
politicians who see the War on Terror as a means of
self-advancement and the influence of Washington in the
unprecedented deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq. Written using
a huge range of primary source material, including interviews with
US insiders and Japanese policy makers, this is a scholarly and
lucid account of Japan's relationship to the US and the Middle East
from 9/11 to Barack Obama and the death of Osama Bin Laden.
The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in
global geopolitics. Japan's economic might and sphere of
geographical influence, between China, North Korea and the US,
means it has the potential to be a major ally in the war on terror.
While Japan's constitution does not allow for militarism or acts of
war, in the post 9/11 world the use of the Japanese nation's
'Self-Defence Force' has become increasingly normal - a result of
the exploitation of legal loopholes and political double-speak that
has been used to bypass Japan's pacifist ideology. Here, Michael
Penn assesses the role of US diplomats and lobbyists in Tokyo, the
politicians who see the war on terror as a means of
self-advancement and the influence of Washington in the
unprecedented deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq. Written using
a huge range of primary source material, including interviews with
US insiders and Japanese policy makers, this is a scholarly and
lucid account of Japan's relationship to the US and the Middle East
from 9/11 to Barack Obama and the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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