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100 1 $aHarries, Meirion,$d1951-$eauthor.
245 10 $aSoldiers of the Sun :$bthe rise and fall of the Imperial Japanese Army /$cMeirion and Susie Harries.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c©1991.
300 $asxiii, 569 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 497-551) and index.
505 0 $aSamurai and squint-eyed barbarians -- Emperor and army -- The end of the samurai -- The nation in arms -- A modern army emerges -- 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 -- Counterattack -- The hard chief and the visionary -- Turning sour in Shanghai -- The Officer Corps divides -- The spur to action -- The February 26 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.
520 $aThe 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.
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700 1 $aHarries, Susie,$eauthor.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHarries, Meirion, 1951-$tSoldiers of the sun.$b1st U.S. ed.$dNew York : Random House, ©1991$w(OCoLC)647549744
856 41 $3Enhanced table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780394569352.pdf
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/91052684-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/91052684-d.html
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