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Popular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor. Edward
Significant Soil
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Authors: Emer O'Dwyer
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"Like all empires, Japan’s prewar empire encompassed diverse territories as well as a variety of political forms for governing such spaces. This book focuses
The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904–1932
Language: en
Pages: 550
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"In this history of Japanese involvement in northeast China, the author argues that Japan’s military seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 was founded on thr
When Empire Comes Home
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Lori Watt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Following the end of World War II in Asia, the Allied powers repatriated over six million Japanese nationals and deported more than a million colonial subjects
The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Popular representations of the past are everywhere in Japan, from cell phone charms to manga, from television dramas to video games to young people dressed as t