05274nam 2200649Ia 450 991078568350332120230725030630.01-136-92547-31-283-03878-197866130387840-203-84519-6(CKB)2670000000068808(EBL)614640(OCoLC)701703661(SSID)ssj0000472816(PQKBManifestationID)11315099(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472816(PQKBWorkID)10434727(PQKB)10207722(OCoLC)833331590(MiAaPQ)EBC614640(Au-PeEL)EBL614640(CaPaEBR)ebr10446892(CaONFJC)MIL303878(EXLCZ)99267000000006880820690403d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise and fall of the Japanese Empire[electronic resource] /David H. JamesLondon Routledge20111 online resource (409 p.)Routledge Library Editions: JapanDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-58763-8 Front Cover; Copyright Page; The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire; Contents; I. The Japanese; Subsistence; Ethnography; Geography; Ethology; Mythology; Theocrasia; Language; Shinto; II. Synopsis of Japanese History: Jimmu Tenno to Meiji Restoration; i. Kami-no-michi (The Way of the Gods); ii. Nationalism based on Imperial traditions; iii. The Fujiwara Era (800-1192); iv. The Samurai Regimes. Kamakura 1192-1334; v. Ashikaga 1340-1570; vi. The Momoyama Period 1573-1602; vii. The Tokugawa Regime 1600-1868; Confucianism and Bushido under the Tokugawas; The end of isolationIII. Meiji Restorationi. Raising the bamboo-curtain; ii. Dangerous thoughts; IV. The Meiji Era (1868-1912); i. The Industrial Revolution; ii. Sino-Japanese War (1894); iii. Russo-Japanese War: 1904-5 and Russian expansion in Asia; iv. Communism or Imperialism and the integrity of China; v. Anglo-Japanese Alliances and the integrity of Chinaand Korea: 1902-1911; V. The Taisho Era (1912-1926); i. The labour movement; ii. Secret Societies; VI. The Showa Era (1926-1945); i. Kodo-the Imperial Way; ii. Japanese Culture; iii. The Atrocities of Hakko-ichi-u; iv. Kami-kaze: Divine WindVII. Reconciling the Ideologies (1936-1941)i. Anti-Comintern Pad; ii. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact; iii. The Axis Pacts; iv. Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact; v. Anglo-Russian Mutual Assistance Treaty; VIII. Prelude to War in the Far East; i. Singapore Siesta; ii. Service in Sarawak; IX. Defeat of British Army in Malaya; i. Unpreparedness for War; ii. The Australian Imperial Forces; iii. Retreat through the jungle; iv. The Indian National Army; v. The A.I.F. in action: Westforce; X. Singapore Debacle; i. Fortress incognito; ii. Static warfare; iii. Battle of Singaporeiv. Slaughter of the innocentsv. Contributory causes; vi. Unconditional Surrender; vii. Unauthorized escape of Major-General Gordon Bennett; viii. Liaison Officer. Yamashita Law. Changi PoW Camp; XI. Asia for Asiatics; i. Japan's bid for an Empire; ii. Japan's friends; iii. Dhillon's Sikhs and the I.N.A.; XII. Japan's Brutal Conquest; i. War Crimes; ii. From Singapore to Tokyo; iii. Japan in October 1943; iv. Omori Po W Camp; XIII. Conflict of War Aims: Resignation of Tojo; i. Propaganda and Camp news; ii. Army and Navy disagree regarding policy: Exit Tojo; iii. Akirameruiv. Shinto to defeat Christianityv. Corporal Watanabe: 'God' in the Shinto State; vi. Invasion of the sacred soil of Japan; XIV. Air War Against Japan First Phase; i. Overall offensive (1944); ii. B 29's and carrier-borne aircraft, January-March, 1945; March incendiary raids: Tokyo, Kobe and Nagoya; Destruction of Tokyo: March 9/10th 1945; Destruction of Kobe, Osaka and Nagoya; To resist to the bitter end?; XV.Frustrated Efforts to End War in Asia; i. RUSSIA declines to intervene. Denunciation of Russo-Japanese Neutrality Pact. Resignation of General Koiso. Admiral Suzuki's Cabinet.ii. Yamato-damashiThis volume is a history of the Japanese drive for the conquest of Greater East Asia. It includes an account of the Malayan campaign and the Fall of Singapore, followed by an outline of the dominant features of the campaign in S E Asia and the Pacific and ending with the attack on Japan and the unconditional surrender. As a prisoner in Tokyo, the author was able to observe the reactions of the people and the government to the bombing of Japan, and by revealing their overwhelming defeat, to dispose of the fiction that surrender was brought about by two atomic bombs. The outstanding value ofRoutledge library editions.Japan.World War, 1939-1945JapanJapanHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945952James David H101107MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785683503321The rise and fall of the Japanese Empire3846178UNINA