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Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan / Danny Orbach.
LIBRA UB789 .O73 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orbach, Danny, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insubordination--Japan--History.
- Insubordination.
- Military discipline--Japan--History.
- Military discipline.
- Sociology, Military--Japan--History.
- Sociology, Military.
- History.
- Japan--History, Military--1868-1945.
- Japan.
- History, Military.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 367 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Warriors of high aspirations : the origins of military insubordination, 1858-1868
- Jewel in the palace : the new political order, 1868-1873
- By not stopping : military insubordination and the Taiwan expedition, 1874
- Fatal optimism : rebels and assassins in the 1870s
- Gold-eating monsters : military independence and the prerogative of supreme command
- Three puffs on a cigarette : Miura Gorō and the assassination of Queen Min
- Coup d'état in three acts : the Taishō political crisis, 1912-1913
- The king of Manchuria : Kōmoto Daisaku and the assassination of Zhang Zuolin, 1928
- Cherry blossom : from resistance to rebellion, 1931
- Pure as water : the incident of February 1936 and the limits of military insubordination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Orbach, Danny, author. Curse on this country.
- ISBN:
- 9781501705281
- 1501705288
- OCLC:
- 958962968
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