{"product_id":"western-europe-and-japan-between-the-superpowers-1","title":"Western Europe and Japan Between the Superpowers","description":"\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":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261041320280,"sku":"9781032996349","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032996349_1cd40988-7270-43a1-a213-48a9427403a0.jpg?v=1778916657","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/western-europe-and-japan-between-the-superpowers-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}