Japan and the Cold War
An Overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23618796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antony Best (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 286-303 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of the Cold War (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199236961.013.0017 |
| OpenAlex | W66836829 |
| ISBN | 9780199236961 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This chapter, which examines the impact of the Cold War on Japan, investigates why Japan consistently allied itself to the West rather than the East and why it adopted a low-security posture. It discusses the contribution of Japan to the Western alliance system, its role in the Cold War in Asia, and how its economic power was used to fight the spread of communism. The chapter also argues against the claim that Japan “sat out” the Cold War and explains that every aspect of Japanese life, including political, strategic, economic, and cultural, was influenced to some extent by that ideological conflict.
Alliance · Cold war · Communism · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Great power · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |