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An accessible, analytical survey of the rise and fall of Imperial Japan in the context of its grand strategy to transform itself into a great power.
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Military

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The question is, how did a once great nation that built an empire lose it all? From the Meiji Restoration in 1868, restoring Imperial rule under Emperor Meiji,
Imperial Japan at Its Zenith
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Pages: 266
Authors: Kenneth J. Ruoff
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-18 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating, but it was a heady time for the Japanese none
Japan's Imperial Army
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Pages: 344
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-03 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

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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
In the Ruins of the Japanese Empire
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In the Ruins of the Japanese Empire concludes that early East Asian Cold War history needs to be studied within the framework of post-imperial history. Japan’