TY  - BOOK
AU  - MAEDA Tetsuo
AU  - KARPA Steven (Tr.)
TI  - The hidden army: the untold story of Japan's military forces
SN  - 1883695015 (hbk.)
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Carol Stream, Ill
PB  - edition q, Inc.
KW  - JAPAN
KW  -  MILITARY
KW  -  POSTWAR
KW  -  MILITARY EVOLUTION
KW  - CHINA
KW  -  MILITARY BUILDUP
KW  - KOREA
KW  -  NUCLEAR
N2  - It examines how the Japanese military posture is changing in the post-Soviet era and the possible new roles and directions for the world's third ranking military.  It traces the grass-roots effect of Japan's postwar military evolution on Sasebo a mid-sized Japanese town with a century of history as a naval base.  The discussion of possible Japanese responses to China's massive military buildup and to North Korea's possession of nuclear delivery systems
ER  -