Reluctant Remilitarisation : The Transformation of Defence Policy and Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan / Fabrizio. Coticchia, Matteo Dian, and Francesco Moro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coticchia, Fabrizio, author.

Dian, Matteo, author.

Moro, Francesco N. (Francesco Niccolò), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Mobilization.

Armed Forces.

Germany--Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Germany.

Italy--Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Italy.

Japan--Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.) : 6 B/W illustrations 5 B/W tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How and why the three losers of the Second World War reconsidered their pacifism, embraced a more active military role and transformed their armed forces after the Cold WarAnalysis of the process of military transformation in Italy, Germany and JapanAddresses the impact of historical legacies on the pacing and direction of transformationLooks at the transformation of military doctrine and force structure over three decadesAssesses the impact of different external and internal factors in military transformationWhile armed forces in several countries underwent deep transformations after the end of the Cold War, few if any, however, experiences more radical changes than Germany and Italy, and Japan.The book explores how the three countries modified posture and structure of their militaries over the past three decades. While the three countries all had to overcome a pacifist constitution, a widespread view - in both elites and public opinion - that that war was a taboo, and armed forces designed to defend and deter against large-scale threats, they all became more active security providers over the last decades. Each country followed a distinct path, though. The book reconstructs these paths, trying to show how a mix of external and domestic factors affected the pace and the extent of transformations. The book also identifies critical junctures in such process: any push to change - it is argued - is mediated by the need to come to terms with the cumbersone weight of the past.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Graphs and Tables

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: Military Transformation in Germany, Italy and Japan

1.1 Military transformation in three unlikely candidates

1.2 Defining and explaining 'military transformation'

1.3 Argument(s), contribution and research design

1.4 Plan of the book

2 Historical Background: The Cold War and Beyond

2.1 Germany

2.2 Italy

2.3 Japan

2.4 Conclusions

3 Military Transformation: Drivers and Sequences

3.1 Introduction

3.2 What drives change? The factors underlying military transformation

3.3 Premises and promises of historical institutionalism in the comparative study of force transformation

3.4 Critical junctures and military transformation in Germany, Italy and Japan

3.5 Conclusion

4 Germany: To Crisis Management and Back

4.1 Force transformation in the 1990s

4.2 The Bundeswehr in the new century

4.3 German defence after 2011

5 Italy: The Intervention-Transformation Loop

5.1 The 'brave' new world of Italian defence policy

5.2 Italian defence and the war on terror

5.3 Italian defence after Libya

6 Japan: From Defensive Defence to Proactive Contributions to Peace

6.1 Japanese defence policies after the Cold War

6.2 Japanese defence policies from to 9/11 to 3/11

6.3 The Abe era and Great Power competition

7 Conclusions

7.1 How military doctrines and force structure evolved

7.2 How domestic and international factors have shaped change

7.3 Ways to go

List of Interviewees

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6730-X

1-4744-6729-6

OCLC:

1407068522