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| Item Call Number |
DS 838.7 H37 1991 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
17932 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0434313521
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - DS 838.7
- Item number - H37 1991
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Harries, Meirion,
- Dates associated with a name - 1951-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Soldiers of the sun :
- Remainder of title - the rise and fall of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1868-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Meirion and Susie Harries.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - London :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Heinemann,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1991.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 471 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 25 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-460) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Force Multipliers -- The Emperor's Army -- The Last Samurai -- The Modern Army Emerges -- The Nation in Arms -- Line of Advantage : the First Sino-Japanese War -- The Russian Menace -- War with Russia -- The Army under Attack -- Falling Back : the Great War -- Rethinking War -- The Great Divide -- Counter-attack -- The Hard Chief and the Visionary -- Turning Sour -- Fragmenting Army -- The Spur to Action -- The February 26th Revolt -- To the Threshold of Power -- Marco Polo Bridge -- To the Gates of Nanking -- A Carnival of Death -- On to Hankow -- Plunder and Narcotics -- At War with Mao -- The Price of War -- Salvation in the South -- Facing Reality -- A Time for Leadership -- 'Firecracker Attack' : the Hundred Days -- Beneath the Skin : the Japanese Fighting Man -- 'Faith is Strength' : Fighting Spirit -- 'Gangsters, Catburglars and Poachers' : the Philosophy of the Attack -- 'Do Your Best and Leave the Rest to Providence' : the Senior Commanders -- 'My Sword is My Soul' : Weapons -- The Missing Link : Air Power -- Staying Alive : Logistics --Hidden Asset : Military Intelligence -- 'Advancing to the Rear' : the Defensive -- 'The Pacific Is Also Big' : Japan's Long Decline -- 'The World's Worst Country' : Imphal -- 'Powerful Enemies' : Weaknesses in the Imperial Army -- 'Desperate and Crazy to Die' : Last Stands -- Death March : the Road to Surrender -- Aftermath -- 'Longstanding Regrettable Practices' : Atrocities and their Origins -- Facing the Past -- MAPS: 1868-1941 -- 1941-45 -- Sources -- Index
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "The Imperial Japanese Army was a legend in its own time. To the defenders of Singapore and Bataan, its soldiers were demonic supermen. The willingness of Japanese troops consistently to fight to the last man remains a benchmark of courage today. Yet these heroes of Saipan ad Iwo Jima were also capable of unparalleled bestiality--the rape of Nanking, the use of slave labour on the Burma-Siam Railway, gross neglect and brutalisation of prisoners-of-war, a ruthless counter-insurgency campaign against Mao's communists. In attempting to resolve this paradox, the authors have traced the origins of the Imperial Army back to its samurai roots in nineteenth-century Japan to tell the story of the rise and fall of this extraordinary military force. They describe the command structure, the strategies, weaponry and training, the brutality that pervaded the daily lives of the men, and the slow deterioration of the officer corps. Drawing on Japanese, English, French and American sources, the authors penetrate the lingering haze of wartime enmity and propaganda to lay bare the true character of the Imperial Army as it evolved, shedding light on the processes that have shaped Japan and Asia as they exist today. Remarkably, given that 1991 is the fiftieth anniversary of Pearl Harbour, Soldiers of the Sun is the first full history of the Imperial Army to be published in the West."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Japan.
- Subordinate unit - Rikugun
- General subdivision - History.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Japan
- General subdivision - History, Military
- Chronological subdivision - 1868-1945.
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Harries, Susie.
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