Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan

Robert D. Eldridge deserves utmost thanks of those interested in Japan's defense policy by translating Sase Masamori's detailed biography of Japanese Defense Minister Michita Sakata. Sase Masamori's clear explanations of Sakata's undeterred role in creating Japan's Basic Defense Force Concept, writing a landmark Defense White Paper, and producing the National Defense Program Guidelines as defense minister during a tumultuous period in Japanese politics are nothing short of professional and scholarly magnificence.--James E. Auer, Vanderbilt University

Robert D. Eldridge could not have chosen a better book to translate. This is top-notch biography and excellent history. It will become required reading for anyone interested in Japan's Cold War-era security policies.--Peter Mauch, Western Sydney University

Masamori Sase is professor emeritus at the National Defense Academy of Japan and visiting scholar at Takushoku University.

Robert D. Eldridge is former associate professor of Japanese political and diplomatic history at Osaka University.

Graham B. Leonard earned a PhD in international public policy from Osaka University.