Soldiers of the sun : the rise and fall of the Imperial Japanese Army

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS = ⅶ
• PART Ⅰ CREATING THE IMPERIAL ARMY, 1868-1890
• 1 Samurai and Squint-Eyed Barbarians = 3
• 2 Emperor and Army = 18
• 3 The End of the Samurai = 26
• 4 The Nation in Arms = 35
• 5 A Modern Army Emerges = 43
• PART Ⅱ THE ARMY AT WAR, 1890-1918
• 6 Line of Advantage : The First Sino-Japanese War = 53
• 7 The Russian Menace = 64
• 8 War with Russia = 74
• 9 The Army under Attack = 94
• 10 Falling Back : The Great War = 109
• PART Ⅲ IN THE AGE OF TOTAL WAR, 1918-1932
• 11 Rethinking War = 119
• 12 The Great Divide = 126
• 13 Counterattack = 135
• 14 The Hard Chief and the Visionary = 145
• 15 Turning Sour in Shanghai = 155
• PART Ⅳ DIVIDED ARMY, 1932-1937
• 16 The Officer Corps Divides = 167
• 17 The Spur to Action = 176
• 18 The February 26 Revolt = 183
• 19 To the Threshold of Power = 189
• PART Ⅴ THE CHINA WAR, 1937-1941
• 20 Marco Polo Bridge = 201
• 21 To the Gates of Nanking = 210
• 22 A Carnival of Death = 221
• 23 On to Hankow = 231
• 24 Plunder and Narcotics = 240
• 25 At War with Mao = 247
• 26 The Price of War = 256
• PART Ⅵ THE STRIKE SOUTH, 1939-1941
• 27 Salvation in the South = 269
• 28 Facing Reality = 281
• 29 A Time for Leadership = 288
• PART Ⅶ THE PACIFIC WAR : THE ATTACK
• 30 "Firecracker Attack" : The Hundred Days = 303
• 31 "Beneath the Skin" : The Japanese Fighting Man = 317
• 32 "Faith Is Strength" : Fighting Spirit = 322
• 33 "Gangsters, Catburglars and Poachers" : The Philosophy of the Attack = 326
• 34 "Do Your Best and Leave the Rest to Providence" : The Senior Commanders = 335
• 35 "My Sword Is My Soul" : Weapons = 348
• 36 The Missing Link : Air Power = 362
• 37 Staying Alive : Logistics = 369
• 38 Hidden Asset : Military Intelligence = 375
• PART Ⅷ THE PACIFIC WAR : THE RETREAT
• 39 "Advancing to the Rear" : The Defensive = 385
• 40 "The Pacific Is Also Big" : Japan's Long Decline = 393
• 41 "The World's Worst Country" : Imphal = 406
• 42 "Powerful Enemies" : Weaknesses in the Imperial Army = 415
• 43 "Desperate and Crazy to Die" : Last Stands = 428
• 44 Death March : The Road to Surrender = 444
• 45 Aftermath = 456
• PART Ⅸ THE SHROUDED PAST
• 46 "Longstanding Regrettable Practices" : Atrocities and Their Origins = 475
• 47 Facing the Past = 485
• A NOTE ON SOURCES = 493
• NOTES = 497
• INDEX = 553