This is the first ever English-language study of the war which established Japan's image as a warrior nation, an image which in many ways persists today. Using extensive Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, it presents the diverse experience both of soldiers and civilians and reveals how war accelerated the modernization of Japanese society. Included are such topics as the soldiers' impressions of duty, nation, and their 'fellow' Asians; the role of the emperor as commander-in-chief; the use of the war in schools; as well as the activities of small business, institutional religion, and patriotic societies.
ISBN: | 9780333555545 |
Publication date: | 30th August 1994 |
Author: | Stewart Lone, Kings College London |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 222 pages |
Series: | Studies in Military and Strategic History |
Genres: |
Asian history Social and cultural history Warfare and defence History |