Introduction
Maritime strategy and national security in Japan and Britain / Alessio Patalano
Strategic partnership and military rivalry across the oceans
the fulcrum of power: Britain, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, 1880-1945 / John Ferris
Sea power and Anglo-Japanese military relations, 1863-1923 / Haruo Tohmatsu
Britain's strategic view of Japanese naval power, 1923-1942 / Douglas Ford
Strategic priorities from the Cold War to Iraq
Balancing threat perceptions and strategic priorities: Japan's post-war defence policy / Noboru Yamaguchi
British defence policy and the transformation of the Royal Navy in the Cold War and beyond / Eric Grove
Punching below the weight: Japan's post-Cold War expeditionary missions / Chiyuki Aoi
Maritime strategy in an interdependent world
the political and normative constraints to Japan's national security / Guibourg Delamotte
'Back to an offshore future': the role of the past in Britain's contemporary defence policy / Steven Jermy
From alliance to coalition, then where? Japan and the US Navy cooperative strategy for the twenty-first century / Yoji Koda
Maritime strategy in Japan and the UK: the 'island nation' model in perspective / Alessio Patalano.