National police reserve: the origin of Japan's self defense forces
Preliminary Material /Elina Hankela -- Introduction -- The NPR in the Literature and Archives -- The JCP and the Domestic Context of the Creation of the NPR: 1945–1950 -- The International Context of the Creation of the NPR: 1945–1950 -- The Organisational Character of the NPR -- The Operational Aspects of the NPR -- The Evolution of the NPR -- Conclusion -- I The 'Constabulary Letter', 2 October 1945 -- II Yoshida to MacArthur, Letter on Police Reform/Recentralisation, 6 August 1949 -- III Macarthur to Yoshida, Letter Authorising the Creation of the npr, 8 July 1950 -- IV Stalin's New Year's Message to the Japanese People, 31 December 1951 -- V Japanese Policy Document: 'Initial Steps for Re-armament Program', 3 February 1951 -- Bibliography -- Index.