Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan /

Orbach, Danny,

Curse on this country : the rebellious army of imperial Japan / Danny Orbach. - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2017. - x, 367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

First published 2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-360) and index.

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

9781501705281 9781501708343 9781501708336

2016041653

UB789 / .O73 2017

355.009529041