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Author Lone, Stewart.

Title Army, empire and politics in Meiji Japan : the three careers of General Katsura Tar¿‍ / Stewart Lone
Published Houndmills [England] : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000

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 MELB  952.033092 Lon/Aea  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: Meiji Army, Empire and Politics -- 1. The Imperial Army -- 2. Imperial Japan at War, 1894-95 -- 3. Empire: Taiwan and 'The Taiwan Society' -- 4. Burdens of Empire: Army Minister, 1898-1900 -- 5. The Boxer War -- 6. Political Campaigns: Prime Minister, 1901-4 -- 7. Wars and Peace, 1904-5 -- 8. The Army and Continental Imperialism, 1906-7 -- 9. The Oriental Society: Imperial Education and Enterprise, 1907-8 -- 10. Empire and Order, 1908-10 -- 11. The End of Meiji: Army, Empire and Taisho Politics, 1911-13 -- 12. Conclusion
Summary "This book challenges the stereotypes of Japanese militarism and imperialism. It charts the often uncertain development of the army as an institution, explains the continuities and confusion in military thinking about imperial expansion, and demonstrates the positive role of some in the army towards political change. Through a key individual, it provides an entirely new picture of Meiji Japan."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-241) and index
Subject Katsura, Tarō, 1847-1913.
Katsura, Tar¿‍, 1847-1913
Generals -- Japan -- Biography.
Prime ministers -- Japan -- Biography.
SUBJECT Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069489
Japan -- History, Military -- 1868-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069518
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 99088718
ISBN 0312232896 (St. Martin's : cloth)
0333802071 (Macmillan : cloth)