Michael J. Green is director of Asian studies and chair in modern and contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as well as senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has served at senior levels of the National Security Council, and his books include By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia, 2017).

This is a detailed and thoughtful analysis of the strategic ambitions of one of Japan’s most important postwar political leaders. Its strength lies in its identification of Abe as one of Japan’s most important foreign policy thinkers and its detailed account of how Abe capitalized on foreign policy opportunities to better position Japan in a world that is increasingly challenging its postwar strategy.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Transliteration of Japanese Words and NamesIntroduction1. The Historic Roots of Modern Japanese Grand Strategy2. China3. The United States4. The Indo-Pacific5. Korea6. Internal BalancingConclusion: The End of the Yoshida DoctrineNotesIndex

Michael J. Green is director of Asian studies and chair in modern and contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as well as senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has served at senior levels of the National Security Council, and his books include By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia, 2017).

This is a detailed and thoughtful analysis of the strategic ambitions of one of Japan’s most important postwar political leaders. Its strength lies in its identification of Abe as one of Japan’s most important foreign policy thinkers and its detailed account of how Abe capitalized on foreign policy opportunities to better position Japan in a world that is increasingly challenging its postwar strategy.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Transliteration of Japanese Words and NamesIntroduction1. The Historic Roots of Modern Japanese Grand Strategy2. China3. The United States4. The Indo-Pacific5. Korea6. Internal BalancingConclusion: The End of the Yoshida DoctrineNotesIndex

Michael J. Green is director of Asian studies and chair in modern and contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as well as senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has served at senior levels of the National Security Council, and his books include By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia, 2017).

This is a detailed and thoughtful analysis of the strategic ambitions of one of Japan’s most important postwar political leaders. Its strength lies in its identification of Abe as one of Japan’s most important foreign policy thinkers and its detailed account of how Abe capitalized on foreign policy opportunities to better position Japan in a world that is increasingly challenging its postwar strategy.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on Transliteration of Japanese Words and NamesIntroduction1. The Historic Roots of Modern Japanese Grand Strategy2. China3. The United States4. The Indo-Pacific5. Korea6. Internal BalancingConclusion: The End of the Yoshida DoctrineNotesIndex