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Japan's reputation for humanitarianism rests on the generous behaviour accorded to 70,000 Russian prisoners of war in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05). This contrasts sharply with the brutality displayed during the Pacific War (1941-45) towards 200,000 Allied prisoners of war. The power of the State to coerce the people, by using the reverence felt for the Emperor, enabled the Japanese to switch humanitarianism on, or off, apparently at will. This extraordinary volte-face is explored in this fascinating book.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0333600894
- ISBN 13 9780333600894
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages289
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Humanitarianism and the Emperor's Japan, 1877?1977
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Palgrave Macmillan, 1993
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ISBN 13: 9780333600894
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy. Correction (by author?) to list of her published books opposite title page. Gift inscribed by author to Oswald Wynd on front endpaper. Dustwrapper complete and fine except light fading to rear panel. Seller Inventory # 045518
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Humanitarianism and the Emperor's Japan, 1877-1977 / Olive Checkland
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New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0333600894
ISBN 13: 9780333600894
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 258 pp.: illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; Chronology of Humanitarianism and the Japanese Red Cross -- Map of Japan, 1877-1977 -- pt. I. Establishing the Emperor's Credentials. 1. The Red Cross in Japan. 2. The 'Emperor's Children': Army and Navy Health Care. 3. The Red Cross and Health Care for the Nation -- pt. II. Accolade for an Emperor. 4. Japan, Humanitarian World Leader, 1894-1905. 5. Russian Prisoners of War, 1904-5. 6. German Prisoners of War, 1914-18. 7. Humanitarianism Abandoned -- pt. III. Old Clothes for the New Emperor. 8. Shame and the War Prisoner. 9. Prisoners in Travail. 10. Ultimate Weapons, Drugs and Disease. 11. Keeping the Humanitarian Flame Alight -- pt. IV. 1945, and After. 12. 'The Face of War is the Face of Death'. 13. Phoenix Resurgent. 14. In the Emperor's Name -- App. A: Glossary of Japanese Terms -- App. B: Biographical Details of Japanese Leaders to whom Reference is Made -- App. C: Japanese Regulations for the Treatment of Russian Wounded and Prisoners of War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. App. D: Col. 'Weary' Dunlop's 'Medical Experiences in Japanese Captivity' -- App. E: Report on the Repatriation of Koreans from Japan after 1959. Subjects; Nihon Sekij jisha History. Japanese Red Cross Society. Humanitarianism. Japan History Meiji period, 1868-1912. Voluntary welfare services. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 389655
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Humanitarianism and the Emperor's Japan, 1877-1977 / Olive Checkland
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New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0333600894
ISBN 13: 9780333600894
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 258 pp.: illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; Chronology of Humanitarianism and the Japanese Red Cross -- Map of Japan, 1877-1977 -- pt. I. Establishing the Emperor's Credentials. 1. The Red Cross in Japan. 2. The 'Emperor's Children': Army and Navy Health Care. 3. The Red Cross and Health Care for the Nation -- pt. II. Accolade for an Emperor. 4. Japan, Humanitarian World Leader, 1894-1905. 5. Russian Prisoners of War, 1904-5. 6. German Prisoners of War, 1914-18. 7. Humanitarianism Abandoned -- pt. III. Old Clothes for the New Emperor. 8. Shame and the War Prisoner. 9. Prisoners in Travail. 10. Ultimate Weapons, Drugs and Disease. 11. Keeping the Humanitarian Flame Alight -- pt. IV. 1945, and After. 12. 'The Face of War is the Face of Death'. 13. Phoenix Resurgent. 14. In the Emperor's Name -- App. A: Glossary of Japanese Terms -- App. B: Biographical Details of Japanese Leaders to whom Reference is Made -- App. C: Japanese Regulations for the Treatment of Russian Wounded and Prisoners of War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. App. D: Col. 'Weary' Dunlop's 'Medical Experiences in Japanese Captivity' -- App. E: Report on the Repatriation of Koreans from Japan after 1959. Subjects; Nihon Sekij jisha History. Japanese Red Cross Society. Humanitarianism. Japan History Meiji period, 1868-1912. Voluntary welfare services. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 389655
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