The way of the heavenly sword: the Japanese army in the 1920's
HUMPHREYS Leonard A
The way of the heavenly sword: the Japanese army in the 1920's - Stanford, Calif., USA: Stanford University Press, 1995 - 252p.
The author focuses on the disintegration of the Meiji military system from 1919-1929 and its replacement by a new "Imperial Army System" which turned away from Western military thinking, insisting instead on the primacy of morale as the means to victory.
0804723753 (hbk.)
ARMY
DOCTRINE
JAPAN
The way of the heavenly sword: the Japanese army in the 1920's - Stanford, Calif., USA: Stanford University Press, 1995 - 252p.
The author focuses on the disintegration of the Meiji military system from 1919-1929 and its replacement by a new "Imperial Army System" which turned away from Western military thinking, insisting instead on the primacy of morale as the means to victory.
0804723753 (hbk.)
ARMY
DOCTRINE
JAPAN