• Alliance Handbook Series

    Text over a blue background with two photos, one of a woodblock print of the Namamugi Incident where Samurai are fighting an Englishman, the other of a small shrined to the incident under a raised highway. Text is information for the 22 February 2026 Namamugi Incident Historical Walking Tour, which is described in the text boxes beneath this image.

    Alliance Handbook Series

    The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies is proud to announce the release of the “Alliance Handbook Series,” a joint project with the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney, Australia. Containing the agreements, core instruments, and related documents that underpin important security relationships in the region, these books provide scholars, practitioners, and other observers key insights for work and research.

    The series includes the following (with forewords by USSC CEO Dr. Michael J. Green):

    (1) “Underwriting the US-Japan Alliance” by John F. Bradford and Michael M. Bosack

    (2) “The Australia-Japan Special Strategic Partnership” by Michael M. Bosack

    (3) “Managing the Unbreakable Alliance” by Blake D. Herzinger


    Through collaboration between the YCAPS and USSC, the digital versions are *free* to download in the section below:

    Additionally, there are also links to purchase hard copies of the books in the links below each.


  • Alliance Handbook Series Digital Versions

    Through collaboration between the YCAPS and USSC, the digital versions are *free* to download here:

    by Dr John F. Bradford and Dr Michael M. Bosack

    *Hard Copy can be purchased here

    by Dr Michael M. Bosack

    *Hard Copy can be purchased here

    by Blake D. Herzinger

    *Hard Copy can be purchased here

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