Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922

by J. Charles Schencking

This book explores the political emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1868 and 1922. It fundamentally challenges the popular notion that the navy was a 'silent, ' apolitical service. Politics, particularly budgetary politics, became the primary domestic focus-if not the overriding preoccupation-of Japan's admirals in the prewar period. This study convincingly demonstrates that as the Japanese polity broadened after 1890, navy leaders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749779
• ISBN13: 9780804749770
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.3"