TY  - BOOK
AU  - EDGERTON Robert B
TI  - Warriors of the rising sun: a history of the Japanese military
SN  - 0393040852 (hbk.)
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - W W Norton & Company
KW  - JAPAN
KW  -  MILITARY HISTORY
KW  - WORLD WAR II
KW  - PACIFIC WAR
KW  -  LEADERS
N2  - The Japanese military's transformation from honorable 'knights of Bushido' into men who massacred thousands during the Pacific War.  Crucial in bringing about this change was Western rejection of Japan as an aspiring colonial power.  Japan's leaders chose military brutality as a necessary means to achieve a righful place in the world
ER  -