Tag: Japan
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Deterrence by Denial: Chapter 6
A year ago, we published Deterrence by Denial, a highly acclaimed collection of essays that, according to Professor Jeffrey W. Knopf, “provides a long overdue exploration of deterrence by denial, which has always received less attention than deterrence by punishment.” The book, which assembles what Sir Lawrence Freedman calls a “stellar collection of contributors,” is…
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New Books Network Podcast Interview: Japan’s Russia
Listen to the interview with Professor Olga V. Solovieva (University of Chicago) about her new book Japan’s Russia: Challenging the East-West Paradigm, coedited with Professor Sho Konishi (University of Oxford) for the New Books Network. And check out the book at our #AAS2021 booth at the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS) virtual conference!
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AAS 2020 Virtual Book Exhibit
Welcome to our AAS 2020 virtual book exhibit! Below are the new titles that would have been released at the AAS conference. These were also featured on the outside back cover of the AAS 2020 conference program. Save 30% on the print edition of all titles if you order directly from the Cambria Press website…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Contents Tourism in Japan
Congratulations to Philip Seaton (Tokyo University), Takayoshi Yamamura (Hokkaido University), Akiko Sugawa-Shimada (Yokohama National University), and Kyungjae Jang (Hokkaido University) on the outstanding review of their book, Contents Tourism in Japan: Pilgrimages to “Sacred Sites” of Popular Culture, in the journal Tourist Studies. The review praises the book, which includes 100 color images, noting that:…
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Cambria Press Publication Review – A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia
Congratulations to Colonel Thomas Drohan (PhD, Princeton University), Head of the Department of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy, on the outstanding review by the journal Parameters of his book, A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia. This book, which is part of the new Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security Studies (RCSS) Series…
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A New Strategy for Complex Warfare
As proactive competitors evolve techniques to circumvent US strengths, it is clear that the profession of arms needs to become a profession of effects. This study by Colonel Thomas Drohan intends to overcome three American weaknesses of strategy making. A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia develops new theory for superior…
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Cambria Press Book Review: Ooku, The Secret World of the Shogun’s Women
Cambria Press is pleased to share a recently released review of Ooku, The Secret World of the Shogun’s Women by the Journal of Japanese Studies. The review states that: “Until recently, avid viewers of Japanese prime-time television dramas could claim to know more about the Ooku, the women’s quarters of the shogunal palace, than could…
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“United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific is an important book about an important subject.” – Tommy Koh
Cambria Press forthcoming book: United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific “United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific is an important book about an important subject. Will the U.S. continue to maintain its engagement with the Asia Pacific? Is Obama’s Asia policy intended to contain the rise of China? What role will Japan, India, and…