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Thinking the Unthinkable: Toward Japanese Nuclear Armament?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Yoshibumi Wakamiya
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[The following dialogue reads rather like the classic dispute between the Pacifist and the Realist (“To protect the peace, prepare for war”; “But one mustn't …”) carried to a higher level. But quantity becomes quality: when you are talking about nuclear weapons, the conversation is no longer the same as when you are talking about swords or even firearms. This is what Emmanuel Todd doesn't seem to grasp, while Yoshibumi Takamiya (at least partly) does.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , e3
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