The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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To believe that these predictable assertions reflect personal opinions would be
doing injustice to the intellectual capacities ... of sake or , more rarely , a sudden
realisation on their part that you are not going to believe the official line anyway .
To believe that these predictable assertions reflect personal opinions would be
doing injustice to the intellectual capacities ... of sake or , more rarely , a sudden
realisation on their part that you are not going to believe the official line anyway .
Page 261
Whereas in the 1880s it was possible to believe that all nations had a kokutai in
some form or another , after the turn of the century it was a monopoly of Japan .
43 Initially , kokutai was rendered in English as ' national polity ' , but later it was ...
Whereas in the 1880s it was possible to believe that all nations had a kokutai in
some form or another , after the turn of the century it was a monopoly of Japan .
43 Initially , kokutai was rendered in English as ' national polity ' , but later it was ...
Page 413
... they were minor , and had in any case been part of earlier bureaucratic plans .
The Maekawa Committee represented one more failure to steer the System . The
outside world , however , wanting to believe that Japan had a government after ...
... they were minor , and had in any case been part of earlier bureaucratic plans .
The Maekawa Committee represented one more failure to steer the System . The
outside world , however , wanting to believe that Japan had a government after ...
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation A Borzoi book |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394577965, 9780394577968 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General Political Science / International Relations / General |
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