Translator’s Note vii Preface to the English Edition xi Preface xiii
PART 1: WHY WAS THE WAR NOT PREVENTED? 1 Chapter 1: Misconceptions about China and Korea 3 Chapter 2: Thought Control and Indoctrination 13 Chapter 3: The Military: Authoritarian and Irrational 33
PART 2: THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR AND THE RESULT 55 Chapter 4: The Beginning: Aggression in China 57 Chapter 5: The War in China: A Clash of Political Values 75 Chapter 6: The War at Home: Democracy Destroyed 97 Chapter 7: Japan Extends the War to the Pacific 129 Chapter 8: The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: Liberation or Exploitation? 153 Chapter 9: The Horrors of War 181 Chapter 10: Dissent and Resistance: Change from Within 203 Chapter 11: Defeat 229
CONCLUSION 241
Note: Changing Japanese Views of the War 247 Notes 257 Index 305
Translator’s Note vii Preface to the English Edition xi Preface xiii
PART 1: WHY WAS THE WAR NOT PREVENTED? 1 Chapter 1: Misconceptions about China and Korea 3 Chapter 2: Thought Control and Indoctrination 13 Chapter 3: The Military: Authoritarian and Irrational 33
PART 2: THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR AND THE RESULT 55 Chapter 4: The Beginning: Aggression in China 57 Chapter 5: The War in China: A Clash of Political Values 75 Chapter 6: The War at Home: Democracy Destroyed 97 Chapter 7: Japan Extends the War to the Pacific 129 Chapter 8: The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: Liberation or Exploitation? 153 Chapter 9: The Horrors of War 181 Chapter 10: Dissent and Resistance: Change from Within 203 Chapter 11: Defeat 229
CONCLUSION 241
Note: Changing Japanese Views of the War 247 Notes 257 Index 305
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