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Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan / Danny Orbach.
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Orbach, Danny
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2017]
Description
x, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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UB789 .O73 2017
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Subject(s)
Insubordination
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Japan
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History
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Military discipline
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Japan
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History
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Sociology, Military
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Japan
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History
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Japan
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History, Military
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1868-1945
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Summary note
"In Curse on This Country, Danny Orbach explains the culture of rebellion in the Japanese armed forces. It was a culture created by a series of seemingly innocent decisions, each reasonable in its own right, which led to a gradual weakening of Japanese government control over its army and navy. The consequences were dire, as the armed forces dragged the government into more and more of China across the 1930s--a culture of rebellion that made the Pacific War possible. Orbach argues that brazen defiance, rather than blind obedience, was the motive force of modern Japanese history. Curse on This Country follows a series of dramatic events: assassinations in the dark corners of Tokyo, the famous rebellion of Saigō Takamori, the "accidental" invasion of Taiwan, the Japanese ambassador's plot to murder the queen of Korea, and the military-political crisis in which the Japanese prime minister "changed colors." Finally, through the sinister plots of the clandestine Cherry Blossom Society, we follow the deterioration of Japan into chaos, fascism, and world war."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-360) and index.
Contents
Warriors of high aspirations : the origins of military insubordination, 1858-1868
Jewel in the palace : the new political order, 1868-1873
"By not stopping" : military insubordination and the Taiwan expedition, 1874
Fatal optimism : rebels and assassins in the 1870s
Gold-eating monsters : military independence and the prerogative of supreme command
Three puffs on a cigarette : Miura Gorō and the assassination of Queen Min
Coup d'état in three acts : the Taishō political crisis, 1912-1913
The king of Manchuria : Kōmoto Daisaku and the assassination of Zhang Zuolin, 1928
Cherry blossom : from resistance to rebellion, 1931
Pure as water : the incident of February 1936 and the limits of military insubordination.
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ISBN
9781501705281 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
1501705288
LCCN
2016041653
OCLC
958962968
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