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Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964 Takashi Nishiyama.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nishiyama, Takashi, 1969-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Design and construction--Japan--History--20th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroad engineering--Japan--History--20th century.
- Railroad engineering.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction.
- Military engineering--Japan--History--20th century.
- Military engineering.
- Military engineering--Japan--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat.
- Contents:
- Introduction : technology and culture, war and peace
- Designing engineering education for war, 1868-1942
- Navy engineers and the air war, 1919-1942
- Engineers for the kamikaze air war, 1943-1945
- Integrating wartime experience in postwar Japan, 1945-1952
- Former military engineers in in the postwar Japanese national railways, 1945-1955
- Opposition movements of former military engineers in the postwar railway industry, 1945-1957
- Former military engineers and the development of the shinkansen, 1957-1964
- Conclusion : legacy of war and defeat.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781421412672
- 1-4214-1267-5
- OCLC:
- 870994422
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