TY  - BOOK
AU  - HUGHES Christopher W
TI  - Not quite the Great Britain of the far east : : Japan's security the US-Japan alliance and the war on terror in East Asia
PY  - 2007///
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - SECURITY
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - WAR
KW  - TERROR
N2  - This article argues that Japan is far from assuming the role.  For Japan war and terror serves more as a political protect for legitimating long planned changes in military security policy that are often only marginally related to US's anti-terrorism agenda.  The final conclusion is that US military hegemony may be weakened by Japan's and the Asia Pacific's divergence from the US global security agenda
ER  -