Books by Richard J. Samuels

The definitive assessment of Japanese security policy and its implications for the future of East Asia.

The prewar history of the Japanese intelligence community demonstrates how having power over much, but insight into little can have devastating consequences. Its postwar history-one of limited Japanese power despite growing insight-has also been problematic for national security.In Special Duty Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating...

Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses.

In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster's impact on Japan's government and society.

Two late-developing nations, Japan and Italy, similarly obsessed with achieving modernity and with joining the ranks of the great powers, have traveled parallel courses with very different national identities.