TY  - BOOK
AU  - PATALANO Alessio
TI  - Japan as a seapower: strategy, doctrine and capabilities under three defence reviews, 1995-2010
PY  - 2014///
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - NAVAL FORCES
KW  - SEA POWER
N2  - This article draws upon previously unavailable document materials to question views pointing to a degree of stagnation in Japanese maritime thinking. It similarly reviews claims about trends to compensate the decline of national military power with the build-up of projection capabilities. The article's main argument is that Japanese seapower is not declining. The Japanese Navy is evolving to combine enhanced capabilities to retain sea control in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea with extended operational reach and flexibility, including an expeditionary component to meet alliance and diplomatic commitments in East asia and beyond its confines
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2014.904788
ER  -