Using Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, this book studies Japan's conflict with China between 1894-5, presenting the diverse experiences of soldiers and civilians, and assessing how war accelerated the modernization of Japan…
Using Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, this book studies Japan's conflict with China between 1894-5, presenting the diverse experiences of soldiers and civilians, and assessing how war accelerated the.
Using Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, this book studies Japan's conflict with China between 1894-5, presenting the diverse experiences of soldiers and civilians, and assessing how war accelerated the modernization of Japan…
There has been no previous study of Japan's army and society in this the first of its modern wars. Utilising letters and diaries from the battlefield, provincial newspapers and local histories, the study presents the complex and diverse experiences of Japanese soldiers and civil…
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 dive…
"There has been no previous study of Japan's army and society in this the first of its modern wars. Utilising letters and diaries from the battlefield, provincial newspapers and local histories, the study presents the complex and diverse experiences of Japanese soldiers and civi…