"Rich nation, strong Army" : national security and the technological transformation of Japan
Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also - despite minimal spending on defense - a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses. In the United States, nearly one in every three scientists and engineers was engaged in defense-related research and development at the end of the Cold War, but the relative strength of the American economy has declined in recent years. What is the relationship between what has happened in the two countries? And where did Japan's technological excellence come from? In an economic history that will arouse controversy on both sides of the Pacific, Richard J. Samuels finds a key to Japan's success in an ideology of technological development that advances national interests
xiii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780801427053, 9780801499944, 0801427053, 0801499941
29224782
Ch. 1. The Strategic Relationship of the Military and Civilian Economies
Ch. 2. The Ideological Basis of Japanese Technonationalism
Ch. 3. Military Technonationalism and Arms Production in Imperial Japan
Ch. 4. The Imperial Japanese Aircraft Industry
Ch. 5. Girding the Nation's Loins for Peace
Ch. 6. Forces at Work: Rebuilding Japan's Defense Industry
Ch. 7. The Postwar Japanese Aircraft Industry
Ch. 8. Japan's Technology Highways
Ch. 9. Technonationalism and the Protocols of the Japanese Economy
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