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Special duty : a history of the Japanese intelligence community / Richard J. Samuels.
LIBRA JQ1629.I6 S26 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samuels, Richard J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--Japan--History.
- Intelligence service.
- History.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 355 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Two decades into the 21st century, after more than a century of dangerously uneven performance that contributed to national devastation and often uncomfortable subordination to their powerful U.S. ally, Japanese leaders have begun to reinvent their nation's flawed intelligence community"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Driving intelligence
- Expanding special duties (1895-1945)
- Accommodating defeat (1945-1991)
- Tinkering with failure (1991-2001)
- Reimagining possibilities (2001-2013)
- Reengineering the intelligence community (2013- )
- The past and future of Japanese intelligence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Samuels, Richard J. Special duty.
- ISBN:
- 9781501741586
- 1501741586
- OCLC:
- 1089840059
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