Военная история / Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945

Название: Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945
Автор: Edward J. Drea
Издательство: University Press of Kansas
Год: 2009
Страниц: 374
Язык: English
Формат: PDF OCR
Размер: 12 MB

Popular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor. Edward Drea looks well past those stereotypes to unfold the more complex story of how that army came to power and extended its influence at home and abroad to become one of the world's dominant fighting forces.