References:
Current Thesis Specific Home Library:
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Compellence and the Strategic Culture of Imperial Japan by Forrest E. Morgan (Praeger 2003)(recommended by Alastair Finlan, Lecturer at Aberystwyth, the University of Wales) |
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Breaking the Conflict Trap - Civil War and Development Theory" put out by the World Bank. |
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Strategic Culture and Ways of War (Frank Cass 2006) by Lawrence Sondhaus (recommended by Alastair Finlan, Lecturer at Aberystwyth, the University of Wales) |
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'The Chrysanthemum and the Sword' by Ruth Benedict 1946 (Houghton Mifflin Company) (recommended by Professor Ken Wilkenning UNBC) |
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'Inventing Japan - 1853 - 1964' by Ian Buruma (Modern Library) |
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'The Book of War: Sun-Tzu and "The Art of Warfare" and Karl Von Clausewitz "On War" (Modern Library War) |
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'The Book of Five Rings' by Miyamoto Musashi (Astrolog Publishing House 2003) |
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'Hirothito and the Making of Modern Japan' by Herbert P. Bix (Perennial - an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishing House) |
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'Global Politics: Origins, Currents, Directions' by Allen Sens and Peter Stoett - Second Edition (Nelson Thomson Learning) |
Articles of Interest:
Comparative Strategic Culture Conference Sep 2005 - Centre for Contemporary Conflict
"Strategic Culture as Context: The First Generation of Theory Strikes Back" - Colin S. Gray
"Strategic Culture and Threat Assessment" - Jeffrey S. Lantis, 44691 The College of Wooster 2006
MA Specific Reading List as of Nov 2006:
(books to be borrowed from the university library but not purchased for home library)
| The Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism Donald Calman, Routledge 1992 |
| The Emergence of Modern Japan Janet E. Hunter, Longman, 1989 |
| Swords into Ploughshares Inis L. Claude Jr., Random House, 1971 |
| In Defense of the National Interest Hans J. Morgenthau, Alfred A. Knopf, 1951 |
| Scare Tactics Colaresi Syracuse University Press, 2005 |
| Japanese Culture and Behaviour Lebra and Lebra University Hawaii Press, 1986 |
| Japans Network Economy Lincoln and Gerlach, Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| Japan the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics Tetsuo Najita, University of Chicago Press, 1974 |