Army, empire and politics in Meiji Japan : the three careers of General Katsura Tarō / Stewart Lone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lone, Stewart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Katsura, Tarō, 1847-1913.

Katsura, Tarō.

Prime ministers--Japan--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Japan.

Generals--Japan--Biography.

Generals.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Dramatic innovations in modern Japan include a mass army, overseas empire, and constitutional polity. This is the first book to these changes in the Meiji era (1868-1912). It focuses on the life of General Katsura, one of the architects of the modern military, a leading figure in Japanese colonialism, and prime minister through the 1990s. Challenging the received wisdom about Japanese militarism and imperialism, it exposes the army's ambivalence about empire but also its positive role in political change.

Contents:

Introduction: Meiji Army, Empire and Politics 1

1 The Imperial Army 5

2 Imperial Japan at War, 1894-95 25

3 Empire: Taiwan and 'The Taiwan Society' 41

4 Burdens of Empire: Army Minister, 1898-1900 59

5 The Boxer War 74

6 Political Campaigns: Prime Minister, 1901-4 89

7 Wars and Peace, 1904-5 104

8 The Army and Continental Imperialism, 1906-7 121

9 The Oriental Society: Imperial Education and Enterprise, 1907-8 140

10 Empire and Order, 1908-10 155

11 The End of Meiji: Army, Empire and Taisho Politics, 1911-13 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

ISBN:

0312232896

OCLC:

42980264