The Japanese police state : the Tokko in interwar Japan
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The Japanese police state : the Tokko in interwar Japan
Athlone, 1991, c1990
Available at 10 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 188-206
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a specialized study of the organization, ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higher Police, the Tokko, notorious in pre-war and war-time years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of Tokko brutality and abuses of authority, analyzes police traditions and looks at the Tokko's interactions with other Japanese institutions and the broader socio-political climate. In addition, the book sets the Tokko in the context of the political system as a whole by developing the police state as an analytical concept. The book considers the history of the idea of a police state, and compares the Japanese Tokko with the political police in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Sources include confidential Tokko documents and interviews with former Tokko officials.
Table of Contents
- The Japanese police tradition
- rule by law
- professionalism
- Emperor's police ideology
- the Japanese police state.
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