Cultures of Antimilitarism National Security in Germany and Japan
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Thomas U. Berger is an associate professor of International Relations at Boston University.Thomas Berger not only makes an important new contribution to our understanding of national security and defense planning in those countries, but also does a great service to the scholarly community by showing that cultural theory remains a viable methodology for the study of war. -- Douglas A. Borer Perspectives on Political Science An important academic achievement. -- Kazuhiko Noguchi Social Science Japan Journal A remarkable documentation of these two quite different cultures, one European and the other Asian, which experienced varying political pressures, but which agreed to remain demilitarized and unaggressive. -- Ed Peterson H-German, H-Net Reviews 2004
—Mike M. Mochizuki, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies,George Washington University