A turning point for Japan's Self-Defense Forces

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 139-150

  Szechenyi, Nicholas ^a  

^a Office of the Japan Chair   (Japan)

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EID: 33748118903     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/wash.2006.29.4.139     Document Type: Article

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6. Ibid., p. 4.
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11. SCC joint statement.
12. JDA, Defense of Japan, p. 210.
13. Ibid., p. 208.
14. Ibid., p. 302.
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18. Ibid.
19. JDA, Defense of Japan, p. 103.
20. Ibid., pp. 302-303.
21. Ibid., p. 104.
22. Ibid., p. 450.
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