Rethinking Japan's Identity and International Role - Tradition and Change in Japan's Foreign Policy (Hardcover)

This work presents a study of Japan's international role with a special focus on its historical evolution. To that end, the following three pillars lay the necessary theoretical foundations: one, the notions of historical and political identity and a discussion of the ambivalent shapes they have taken in Japan; two, the regional context, an examination of Japan's situation with respect to Asian history as a whole, and finally, the 'civilian power' concept as defined by Hanns W. Maull.