Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868-1964

by Takashi Nishiyama

The role of engineering communities in taking Japan from a defeated war machine into a peacetime technology leader.

Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421412667
• ISBN13: 9781421412665
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher