{"product_id":"western-europe-and-japan-between-the-superpowers-9781032996349","title":"Western Europe and Japan Between the Superpowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wolf Mendl\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Security (National \u0026amp; International)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1984, \u003ci\u003eWestern Europe and Japan Between the Superpowers \u003c\/i\u003eis a challenging contribution to the great debate over Western security. Instead of lining up with those who favour the construction of a global alliance under American leadership or those who want neutralism or non-alignment, Wolf Mendl accepts some of the premises of both and argues for a third course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a long view, he suggests that Japan and the three major states of Western Europe should collaborate in pursuing policies which retain a basic but limited security relationship with the United States and at the same time reassure the Soviet Union that its security is not threatened, seeking to make it a partner rather than adversary in creating a more peaceful world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolf Mendl concludes his broad and reflective historical analysis of the postwar era with a discussion of the areas in which the European states and Japan could enter a fruitful collaboration; sometimes acting in parallel and sometimes together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48057550700695,"sku":"9781032996349","price":3745.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032996349.webp?v=1784897181","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/western-europe-and-japan-between-the-superpowers-9781032996349","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}