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An inoffensive rearmament : the making of the postwar Japanese Army
- Title
- An inoffensive rearmament : the making of the postwar Japanese Army / Col. Frank Kowalski ; edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge.
- Author
- Kowalski, Frank, 1907-1974
- Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2013]
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Eldridge, Robert D.
- Description
- xxiii, 198 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Col. Frank Kowalski served as the Chief of Staff of the American military advisory group that helped establish the National Police Reserve, the predecessor to the Japan Self- Defense Forces during its first two years of existence. His work provides a detailed account of the manning, logistics, and personalities involved in standing up--on short notice --of a force of approximately 75,000, while sharing insights about the diplomatic, political, legal, and constitutional challenges his headquarters and his Japanese counterparts faced in rearming Japan in the wake of the sudden outbreak of the Korean War. Published in Japanese in 1969, this is the first English version of this edition, and includes a biographic section about Kowalski"--
- Alternative Title
- Making of the postwar Japanese Army
- Subjects
- National security > Japan
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
- Japan > Foreign relations > United States
- Japan > Armed Forces > History > 20th century
- United States > Foreign relations > Japan
- HISTORY / Military / Naval
- Japan > Defenses
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Japan > Military policy > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Grace of heaven -- Japan before Korea -- Basic plan -- Constitution bans war -- Yoshida's views -- Struggle for control -- Advisers and operations -- Organizational problems -- Leaders fashion armies -- Seishin Kyōiku -- Yobitai -- Confusion and conflict -- The imperial military -- Dawn of a new era.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-2558
- ISBN
- 9781591142263 (hardback)
- 1591142261 (hardback)
- 9781612513737 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013031916
- OCLC
- 843532422
- Author
- Kowalski, Frank, 1907-1974, author.
- Title
- An inoffensive rearmament : the making of the postwar Japanese Army / Col. Frank Kowalski ; edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge.
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Eldridge, Robert D., editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Kowalski, Frank, 1907-1974. Inoffensive rearmament Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2014 9781612513737 (DLC) 2013043763
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-2558