1. China and Japan in the global setting
... to the scholar-gentry who were charged with the military in China. Japan also began to think of external threats, specifically, a hypothetical Russian war (which eventually became reality) which enabled the Japanese to solidify a central army against a central external threat. The Chinese, however, with their focus ... . Iriye does not discuss why cultural ties failed to stem Japanese aggression in the 1930's. He does however touch on the "cultural" propoganda that Japan spread throughout occupied Chinese Territory. The third major section of the book focuses on the economic ties between...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate