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Japan's Imperial Army : its rise and fall, 1853-1945 /

This book looks well past the stereotypes of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor to the more complex story of how that army came to power and extended its influence at home as well as abroad to become one of the world's dominant fighting forces. The au...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drea, Edward J., 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2009.
Colección:Modern war studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude to imperial restoration
  • Civil war and the new army
  • Dealing with the samurai
  • The Army of Meiji
  • To Asia : the Sino-Japanese War
  • Back to the continent : the Russo-Japanese War
  • Institutionalizing national military strategy
  • Short war or total war?
  • Conspiracies, coups, and reshaping the army
  • The pivotal years, 1937-1941
  • The Asia-Pacific War
  • Epilogue.