Creating Japan s Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945 2015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive account of Japan s post-1945 army, including a comprehensive institutional history, together with the evolution of roles and missions and the adoption of successive professional identities. The organizational history is embedded within a thorough examination of Japan s own defense policy, as well as of America s policy of alliance with Japan. The book examines and challenges assumptions about the drafting and adoption of the War Renunciation clause of...