Japan's Imperial Army
Subtitle: its rise and fall, 1853-1945
By: Edward J. Drea.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700616633
Subjects: Japan. -- Rikugun -- History; Japan -- History, Military -- 1868-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to imperial restoration; title: Civil war and the new army; title: Dealing with the samurai; title: The Army of Meiji; title: To Asia : the Sino-Japanese War; title: Back to the continent : the Russo-Japanese War; title: Institutionalizing national military strategy; title: Short war or total war?; title: Conspiracies, coups, and reshaping the army; title: The pivotal years, 1937-1941; title: The Asia-Pacific War; title: Epilogue.