Beschreibung:
Drawing upon case study material and primary research, including interviews with officials and security analysts, the book presents a chronological analysis of Japan's sea lane security.
Introduction 1. Japan's Maritime Trade and Trade Routes: An Empirical Analysis 2. Sea Lines in Strategy 3. Japan's pre-1945 SLOC Security Introduction Maritime Economic Interests: Foreign Trade and the Merchant Marine before 1945 4. Japan's Sea Lane Security in the Era of Defence Constraints, 1945-77 5. Sea Lane Defence and Alliance Cooperation: 1977-90 6. Japan's Sea Lane Diplomacy in Southeast Asia Since the 1970s 7. Japan's Post-Cold War SLOC Security: Piracy and Terrorism-at-Sea