New Perspectives on Peacetime AngloJapanese Military Relations

This book examines the peacetime military relationship between the UK and Japan, spanning partnerships and interactions from the 1860s to the present day.

This book examines the peacetime military relationship between the United Kingdom and Japan spanning partnerships and interactions from the 1860s to the present day.Reflecting the multiple changes in the power dynamics, relations, and nature of the military links between the U.K. and Japan over time, the chapters in this book analyse instances of peacetime military interaction as both countries passed through periods of partnership, alliance, rivalry, conflict, and occupation. In doing so, the book also considers what relevance these historical U.K.- Japan peacetime military ties have relevance for those of the present.Original in its exclusive focus on peacetime military links of both a historical and contemporary nature, this significant work is both practical and scholarly in its approach and will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese history, British history, military history, international relations, and diplomacy.

Autorentext

Thomas French is Vice Dean of the College of International Relations and Professor of Modern Japanese History, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Fading the 'Dash of Red' Back in: Reassessing the Significance of the British Garrison of Yokohama, 1864-1875 2. 'In the Shower of Bullets and Smoke of the Cannon': British Observations and Trade During the Northern Campaigns of the Boshin War 3. Imperial Britain and Japan's Wars for Civilisation, 1894-1905 4. Official Hostility and Unofficial Co-operation - Another Aspect of Britain's Postwar Japanese War Crimes Trials 5. Contributing to Military Government: New Perspectives on the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Occupied Japan 6. Re-armament to Reiwa: Postwar to Post-Cold War Anglo-Japanese Security Engagement 7. Post-Brexit U.K.-Japan Security Co-operation: Towards a Renewed Special Relationship? 8. The Comeback: Achieving and Sustaining a 'New Kind of Alliance' **Afterword: A 'Usable Past'?