 | 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan Subjects: Disaster relief -- Political aspects–Japan; Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Japan 2011 -- Political aspects; Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Japan 2011 -- Political aspects; Japan -- Politics and government–21st century; In 3.11 , Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster's impact on Japan's government and society. Richard J. Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia ; Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan ; "Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan ; and The Business of the Japanese State , also from Cornell. |
