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Bezig met laden... Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Armydoor Meirion Harries
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An excellent and in-depth history of the Japanese Army. ( ) 2508 Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army, by Meirion and Susie Harries (read 27 May 1993) This is a history of the Imperial Japanese Army, and is quite a good book, telling of events that (some of them) were not familiar to me. Inter alia, the book tells of the little-known Russian-Japanese conflict of 1939 and of the battle of Nomonhan--which was a Russian victory. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Verwijzingen naar dit werk in externe bronnen. Wikipedia in het Engels (43)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 Japan consistently to fight to the last man remains a benchmark of courage today. Yet these heroes of Saipan and Iwo Jima were also capable of unparalleled bestiality -- the rape of Nanking, the use of slave labor on the Burma-Siam Railway, gross neglect and brutalization of prisoners-of-war, and a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign against Mao's communists. In attempting to resolve that 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)952.03History and Geography Asia Japan 1868-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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