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The Thought WarBarak Kushner

The Thought War

Barak Kushner
2005242 pages
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"The Thought War is the first book in English to examine the full extent of Japan's wartime propaganda. Based on a wide range of archival material and sources in Japanese, Chinese, and English, it explores the propaganda programs of the Japanese government from 1931 to 1945, demonstrating the true scope of imperial propaganda and its pervasive influence, an influence that is still felt today. Contrary to popular postwar rhetoric, it was not emperor worship or military authoritarianism that led an entire nation to war. Rather, it was the creation of a powerful image of Japan as the leader of…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    University of Hawaii Press · 242 pages · 9780824832087
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    University of Hawaii Press · 242 pages · 9780824829209
  • Other · English · 2005
    Thought War
    University of Hawaii Press · 254 pages · 9780824865092
World War, 1939-1945Psychological aspectsJapanese PropagandaPropagandaSino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945HistoryPropaganda, japaneseSino-japanese war, 1937-1945