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(★)(A Provocative Look at Japan´s Expanding Role in the Future of Asia／ ´PL-0088´ es mismo libro.／ In ´Japan, The Toothless Tiger´, Declan Hayes explores the threats Japan faces in the coming decades, particularly if the United States downscales its military presence in the region. Since Japan´s defeat and occupation at the end of World War II, the Land of the Rising Sun has developed only limited military capability. Constrained by a new constitution dictated after the war by the occupying forces, Japan has not been able to rebuild its former military might. Japan has become a toothless tiger --seemingly fierce, but actually powerless.／ As America´s premier ally in the region, Japan´s security is intimately connected with that of the United States.´Japan, The Toothless Tiger´ presents a blueprint, not only of the threats Japan faces, but also of the strategies Japan must use to overcome those threats. Professor Hayes lays out a plan for a long-overdue rebuilding of military power adequate to counter China, Japan´s massive and dangerous ／ Following on the heels of his provocative analysis of the Japanese economy, Japan´s Big Bang, Hayes shows that Japan must not only reform its business and economic infrastructure, but also its military power.／ ◆Declan Hayes is Professor of International Business at Tokyo´s Sophia University, where he lectures in the undergraduate and postgraduate Business and Economic programs. He has previously worked in Australia, Ireland, and Mexico during their financial upheavals, and has written extensively on the changes in the economies of those countries. He holds a Ph.D. from Australia´s Trobe University and M.A. and M.Litt. degrees from Trinity College, Dublin.／ ▼CONTENTS／ ●INTRODUCTION／ ●CHAPTER 1 : THE PROSPECTS FOR WAR ●CHAPTER 2 : THE DAGGER TO THE HEART : KOREA ●CHAPTER 3 : TAIWAN : CHINA´S REBEL PROVINCE ●CHAPTER 4 : CHINA VERSUS JAPAN ●CHAPTER 5 : JAPAN : THE TOOTHLESS TIGER ●CHAPTER 6 : JAPAN´S MILITARY MACHINE ●CHAPTER 7 : JAPAN´S HOME FRONT ●CHAPTER 8 : INTO THE FUTURE) |
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