Alliance Security Dilemmas in the Iraq War

German and Japanese Responses
2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-33733-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

This book explains and elaborates the concept of alliance security dilemma through a case study of two similar countries caught in the same situation: Germany, which opposed the US decision to attack Iraq in 2003, and Japan, which supported it.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ishibashi, N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Background Regional Security Environments (Europe vs. East Asia) Alliance Institutions (NATO vs. the US -Japan Security Treaty) Military Institutions (The German Army vs. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) Theoretical Alternatives and Implications

Über Autor(innen)

Natsuyo Ishibashi is a postdoctoral fellow in the Japan Program, Department of Sociology and Social Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).