Abstract
Through this cleverly framed volume, Le makes the persuasive argument that for Japan, ‘cultural, demographic, and economic forces have limited its embrace of conventional militarism as a tool of statecraft’ (6). In doing so, Le situates his study in relation to the existing International Relations literature (e.g., Hughes, 2005; Samuels, 2007; Umeda, 2007) to set out how Japan’s much maligned and supposedly intensifying militarism is poorly accounted for by current scholarship, or at least requires contextualising within the bounds of multi-fold limitations and influences.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 416-418 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Asian Studies Review |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 18 Jan 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2023 |