Warriors of the rising sun / Robert B. Edgerton
- Bib ID:
- 1638261
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Edgerton, Robert B. (Robert Breckenridge), 1931-
- Description:
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- New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, c1997
- 384p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0393040852
- Summary:
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Warriors of the Rising Sun chronicles the Japanese military's transformation from honorable "knights of Bushido" into men who massacred thousands during the Pacific War. Crucial in bringing about this change was Western rejection of Japan as an aspiring colonial power, as well as the West's racist, anti-Japanese immigration policies. Japan's leaders chose military brutality as a necessary means to achieve a rightful place in the world. Today, Japan has the second largest military budget in the world. What lessons have her leaders learned from the past wars?
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Crucible of Conflict - Northeast Asia
- 2. The Boxer Rebellion - Japan in the World's Eyes
- 3. "And Where May Japan Happen to Be?"
- 4. "Brute Force, Anguish, and Humiliation"
- 5. "You Can Keep Tokyo for Yourself"
- 6. "To Hell with Babe Ruth"
- 7. "Remember Pearl Harbor"
- 8. "Not Necessarily to Our Advantage"
- 9. From Chivalry to Brutality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2060 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1990
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1977
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