... strength of the army, they were offset by the introduction of compulsory military training in government schools, with officers from the disbanded divisions acting as instructors18. It still does not seem clear though just why the notion of liberalism (or at least the closest Japanese alternative) failed to burrow deep enough to survive to the end of the 1920's. One explanation, suggested ... ...

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