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100 1 _aPATALANO Alessio
245 _aJapan as a seapower:
_b strategy, doctrine and capabilities under three defence reviews, 1995-2010/
_c Alessio Patalano.
260 _c2014
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aJAPAN
_xNAVAL FORCES
650 _aJAPAN
_xSEA POWER
773 _aJournal of Strategic Studies:
_g Vol 37 No 3, June 2014, pp.403-441 (98)
598 _a JAPAN
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2014.904788
_z Click here for full text
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