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Japan's First Modern War

Army and Society in the Conflict with China, 1894-5

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Stewart Lone

    1. University of New South Wales, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies in Military and Strategic History (SMSH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Origins of War: Japan, the Army, and East Asia

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 12-29

  4. Wartime Strategy and Diplomacy: Questions of Unity

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 30-50

  5. The Soldier’s Experience

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 51-77

  6. The Home Front: Mobilising Support

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 78-101

  7. The Home Front: Patriotism, Profit and Loss

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 102-122

  8. Novice Imperialist: Occupation Policies in Korea and Manchuria

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 123-141

  9. Discipline and Control: The Army as Civilisation

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 142-163

  10. Wartime Strategy and Diplomacy: Closing the War

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 164-177

  11. Conclusion

    • Stewart Lone
    Pages 178-187

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 188-222
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This is the first ever English-language study of the war which established Japan's image as a warrior nation, an image which in many ways persists today. Using extensive Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, it presents the diverse experience both of soldiers and civilians and reveals how war accelerated the modernization of Japanese society. Included are such topics as the soldiers' impressions of duty, nation, and their 'fellow' Asians; the role of the emperor as commander-in-chief; the use of the war in schools; as well as the activities of small business, institutional religion, and patriotic societies.

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  • University of New South Wales, Australia

    Stewart Lone

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