Richard J. Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also Chairman of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and founding director of the MIT Japan Program. He is author of several award-winning books, including Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan and'Rich Nation, Strong Army': National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan, also from Cornell.
"Feeling threatened by China and North Korea, and worried about
America's reliability, Japan is beginning to act like a normal
great power. Where this leads is not clear. Fortunately Richard J.
Samuels has come to our rescue with this outstanding book, which
clearly describes Tokyo's options and their likely consequences for
East Asia and the United States." John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell
Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science,
University of Chicago"
"In his excellent new book, Richard J. Samuels, one of our
preeminent analysts of Japanese politics, brings his skills to bear
on the security debates in Japan and helps us understand the policy
options it has in a turbulent new era." Kenneth B. Pyle, author of
Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose"
"In Securing Japan, Richard J. Samuels links Japan's current
strategic thinking and policy to its past history, dissects the
domestic strategic debate, and explores the various factors that
will shape Japan's new strategic consensus. This book will be of
keen interest to non-Japan or non-Asia specialists in the
international relations and international security fields." Mike M.
Mochizuki, The George Washington University"
"Richard J. Samuels is a master of understanding and explaining
Japan's emerging place in the world. To me, this book is as
valuable as his earlier influential studies on the ideological and
technological origins of Japan's military policies. In addition to
being persuasive, it is a pleasure to read." James Fallows, author
of Blind Into Baghdad"
"Richard Samuels clarifies the international and domestic factors
that are shaping the options and choices facing Tokyo and the
implications that an emerging strategic consensus in Japan carries
for the U.S. alliance and relations in East Asia. Samuels shows how
international constraints and domestic politics have been
interacting since the late 19th century, filtering and framing
security policy choices. He argues that through all the
fluctuations and Samuels is a very astute guide through these zigs
and zags"The search for prestige and autonomy have been the
constants. He concludes that they are now within Japan's grasp."
Jeff Kingston, Nov. 18, 2007, The Japan Times"
"Samuels's book is a valuable reminder that sovereignty has never
been far from the top of Japan's national security agenda, even
when Japan had hugged the U.S. so closely that it seemed to have
become an 'abnormal' country. Samuels is especially good at
outlining the gamut of opinion from the Gaullists on the far right
to those who cling to the remnants of the Yoshida Doctrine of
'mercantile realism.' He also points out that the Gaullist right is
now joining with the traditional left in opposing the existance of
U.S. bases in Japan as an intolerable affront to sovereignty."
Robyn Lim, October 2007, Far Eastern Economic Review"
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