The Way of the Heavenly Sword: The Japanese Army of the 1920s.

Canadian Journal of History | April 1, 1996| | Copyright

From the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War, the emergence of Japan as a modern state was irrevocably intertwined with its successes in war. Japan's victory over Russia in 1905 made her a great power, and led to a search for autochthonic reasons to explain Japan's military achievements. One widely accepted explanation was the seishin (human spirit) of the Japanese soldier in combat. After the First World War, unable to afford the technologically advanced weaponry of European armies, the Imperial Japanese Army continued to rely on "spiritual training" and the special power ...

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