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    Historical Factors Of Japanese Defense And The Proposed National Defense Program Outline

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    Eussen, Matthew
    Advisor
    Erik Pratt; Robert Swartout; Phillip Wittman
    Date of Issue
    1996-04-01
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    https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/3716
    Title
    Historical Factors Of Japanese Defense And The Proposed National Defense Program Outline
    Type
    thesis
    Abstract
    From the 1940s to the 1990s, Japan’s military has undergone serious changes. Reinstitutionalized, defense has grown larger within an American alliance and as a member of the United States containment strategy.3 The United States guaranteed the security of Japan through its nuclear security umbrella and an American commitment of troops to the region. As the United States economy fell into relative decline, it placed pressure upon Japan to increase its defense commitments. In 1991, the Cold War ended and a new regime took power in the Soviet Union. It was a time to celebrate -- large forces no longer opposed each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. The superpowers began to change their defense policy to reflect the growing multipolarity of the world. Those nations in alliances with either the United States or the Soviet Union are in a period of reevaluation as to how they will approach the changes in the world strategic balance. Japan as an ally of the United States is faced with the same issues. The basis for the mutual security treaty, the threat of Soviet forces, no longer _ exists. The challenge becomes: Does Japan need the continued presence of U.S. troops and what should be Japan’s future military standing?
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    Bachelor's
    Semester
    Spring
    Department
    Political Science & International Relations
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