Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan

Author(s)

• Orbach, Danny

Bibliographic Information

Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan

Danny Orbach

Cornell University Press, 2017

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Warriors of high aspirations : the origins of military insubordination, 1858-1868
• Jewel in the palace : the new political order, 1868-1873
• "By not stopping" : military insubordination and the Taiwan expedition, 1874
• Fatal optimism : rebels and assassins in the 1870s
• Gold-eating monsters : military independence and the prerogative of supreme command
• Three puffs on a cigarette : General Miura Gorō and the assassination of Queen Min
• Coup d'état in three acts : the Taishō political crisis, 1912-1913
• The king of Manchuria : Kōmoto Daisaku and the assassination of Zhang Zuolin, 1928
• Cherry blossom : from resistance to rebellion, 1931
• Pure as water : the incident of February 1936 and the limits of military insubordination

Details

• NCID: BB23585538
• ISBN:
  • 9781501705281
• LCCN: 2016041653
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca
• Pages/Volumes: x, 367 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : UB789
  • DC23 : 355.00952/09041
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Insubordination -- Japan -- History
  • LCSH : Military discipline -- Japan -- History
  • LCSH : Sociology, Military -- Japan -- History
  • LCSH : Japan -- History, Military -- 1868-1945