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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460439703321

Autore

Byas Hugh <1875-1945., >

Titolo

Government by assassination / / Hugh Byas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1943

ISBN

1-136-92798-0

1-136-92799-9

1-283-03853-6

9786613038531

0-203-84554-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Japan ; ; v. 27

Disciplina

952.033

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Japan

Assassination - Japan - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Japan Politics and government 20th century

Japan Military policy

Japan History, Military 1868-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1943.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND; Chapter I: MURDER OF A PRIME MINISTER; Chapter II: THE TECHNIQUE OF REVOLUTION; Chapter III: MARS ON THE SOAPBOX; Chapter IV: THE BLOOD BROTHERHOOD; Chapter V: A TOLSTOYAN AMONG THE TERRORISTS; Chapter VI: THE YOUNG OFFICERS; Chapter VII: THE IDEA-MONGERS; Chapter VIII: MURDER IN THE WAR OFFICE; Chapter IX "BUT THIS IS MUTINY"; Chapter X: THE MIND OF THE ARMY; Chapter XI: THE WORDS OF THE ARMY; Chapter XII: THE PATRIOTIC THIEVES' KITCHEN; Chapter XIII: THE PATRON SAINT OF THE BLACK DRAGONS

Chapter XIV: LEADERS AND GANGSChapter XV: THE PRAYER-MEETING PLOT; Chapter XVI: PATRIOTISM AND CRIME; Chapter XVII: THE "SOUL OF JAPAN"; Chapter XVIII: THE SUPPRESSION OF A SCHOLAR; Chapter XIX: THE IMPERIAL MYTHUS; Chapter XX: THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: AS



MAN; Chapter XXI: THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: AS GOD; Chapter XXII: THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: AS HIGH PRIEST; Chapter XXIII: THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: AS SYMBOL; Chapter XXIV: THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: AS EMPEROR; Chapter XXV: WAR GUILT; Chapter XXVI: SANCTIONS OF PEACE; Chapter XXVII: GEOGRAPHICAL DISARMAMENT; Chapter XXVIII: THE FUTURE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Written by someone who spent twenty-three years as a journalist in Japan, this book describes the political and military aspirations of Japan at a tumultuous period of twentieth century history. The book examines the workings of the Japanese government and discusses the role of the military in shaping political ideals: ideals which were a compound of Marxism and National Socialism, transformed for Japanese uses and combined with fanatical racial, national and semi-religious obsessions.