Japan's First Modern War: Army and Society in the Conflict with China, 1894-5

by Stewart Lone

This is the first ever English-language study of the war which established Japan's image as a warrior nation, an image which in many ways persists today. Using extensive Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, it presents the diverse experience both of soldiers and civilians and reveals how war accelerated the modernization of Japanese society. Included are such topics as the soldiers' impressions of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333555546
• ISBN13: 9780333555545
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"