did such a radical change in thought and behavior come about? In Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan, Berger analyzes the complex domestic and international political forces that brought about this unforeseen transformation. He shows how the postwar governments of Konrad Adenauer and Yoshida Shigeru - both moderate, right-of-center politicians - succeeded in reaching beyond their own constituencies to help their countrymen craft new national identities.