Imperial Japan and defeat in the second world war : the collapse of an empire / Peter Wetzler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wetzler, Peter., author.

Series:

SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japan--Intellectual life--20th century.

Japan.

Japan--Politics and government--1926-1945.

Japan--History--1912-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War reveals, Western imagination is often reductive in its explanation of the Japanese Empire and its collapse. In his analysis of the Emperor, Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the Second World War, Peter Wetzler examines the disconnect between nation and state during wartime Japan and in doing so offers a much-needed nuanced and sensitive corrective to existing Western scholarship. Rooted in the perspective of the Japanese, Wetzler makes available to readers vital primary and secondary Japanese archival sources; most notably, this book provides the first English assessment of the recently-released Actual Record of the Showa Emperor. This book is an important advance in English-language studies of the Second World War in Asia, and is thus essential reading for all those wishing to understand this crucial period in Japanese history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

1. Wartime Events, Historical Hindsights and Insights

2. Kamikaze Attacks, Planning Before and After the Fall of Saipan

3. Tôjô Hideki, Man of His Times

4. Failing Strategy, Lack of War Materials, and Tôjô's Fall

5. Capitulation: Hubris and Unquestioning Belief in a Religious Ideology, Some Conclusions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350120846

1350120847

9781350120822

1350120820

OCLC:

1134076068