Reluctant Remilitarisation: Transforming the Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan After the Cold War...

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Fabrizio Coticchia Matteo Dian

Reluctant Remilitarisation

Transforming the Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan After the Cold War

Fabrizio Coticchia, Matteo Dian, Francesco Moro

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English

Edinburgh University Press
24 January 2024

International relations; Defence strategy, planning & research; War & defence operations; Other warfare & defence issues

While armed forces in several countries underwent deep transformations after the end of the Cold War, few if any, however, experiences more radical changes than Germany and Italy, and Japan. The book explores how the three countries modified posture and structure of their militaries over the past three decades. While the three countries all had to overcome a pacifist constitution, a widespread view

in both elites and public opinion

that that war was a taboo, and armed forces designed to defend and deter against large-scale threats, they all became more active security providers over the last decades. Each country followed a distinct path, though. The book reconstructs these paths, trying to show how a mix of external and domestic factors affected the pace and the extent of transformations. The book also identifies critical junctures in such process: any push to change

it is argued

is mediated by the need to come to terms with the cumbersone weight of the past.

By: Fabrizio Coticchia, Matteo Dian, Francesco Moro
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474467278
ISBN 10: 147446727X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fabrizio Coticchia is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science (DISPO), University of Genoa, and Adjunct Professor of European Political Systems at California State University.Matteo Dian is Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of BolognaFrancesco Moro is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (Europe Campus).

Reviews for Reluctant Remilitarisation: Transforming the Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan After the Cold War

""Because they lost World War II, Germany, Italy and Japan spent much of the Cold War rejecting militarism and doing the minimum necessary to keep the United States happy and the Soviet threat at bay. In this compelling new book, Coticchia, Dian, and Moro demonstrate the essential role of critical junctures in the post-Cold War transformation of military doctrine and force structure in Germany, Italy, and Japan. In each case, the authors paint a careful picture of how international and domestic factors interact in complex and fascinating ways. This book is essential reading for those interested in the challenges facing military modernization efforts in these countries and beyond."" -Jason W. Davidson, University of Mary Washington