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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Page 183
Kawaji Toshiyoshi , first chief of the Tokyo metropolitan police and architect of the
modern Japanese police system , neatly summed it up by saying that the
government should be seen as the parent , the people as the children and the ...
Kawaji Toshiyoshi , first chief of the Tokyo metropolitan police and architect of the
modern Japanese police system , neatly summed it up by saying that the
government should be seen as the parent , the people as the children and the ...
Page 386
Inherited social - control supports Besides the laws and institutions of the
economic bureaucrats , the postwar legacy of wartime arrangements includes ,
as we have seen , various consciously shaped – or at least encouraged –
supports within ...
Inherited social - control supports Besides the laws and institutions of the
economic bureaucrats , the postwar legacy of wartime arrangements includes ,
as we have seen , various consciously shaped – or at least encouraged –
supports within ...
Page 426
As one of Japan ' s most articulate intellectuals has written about the war in China
: “ Seen from the outside , Japan appeared to be invading China with imperialist
intentions . Seen from the inside , however , most political leaders felt that ...
As one of Japan ' s most articulate intellectuals has written about the war in China
: “ Seen from the outside , Japan appeared to be invading China with imperialist
intentions . Seen from the inside , however , most political leaders felt that ...
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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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