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The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Why It Matters and How to Strengthen It (The Washington Papers)

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Mr. Osius' new book is written for the general reader, and will have broad appeal. The key to its appeal is found in the subtitle: "...Why it Matters..." The morning after I finished the book I read two articles on foreign policy in the Wall Street Journal, which I found more interesting and understandable thanks to Mr. Osius' book. Neither article had to do with the US - Japan Security Alliance, per se. One article dealt with new tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and the other speculated on the likely impact of China's WHO membership. Mr. Osius has drawn on his extensive experience as a Foreign Service Officer and White House foreign policy advisor to explain how the US - Japan security alliance is shaped by, and in turn shapes, US interests in three other foreign policy hotspots, Korea, Taiwan, and China. The book tackles some of the region's most contentious foreign policy issues with refreshing objectivity; it is decidedly not the State Department's party line.