CURSE ON THIS COUNTRY: JAPANESE MILITARY RESISTANCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PACIFIC WAR, 1860-1936
Book ID/图书代码： 00530016B88343
English Summary/英文概要： Imperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for following their superiors to certain death. Their enemies in the Pacific War perceived their obedience as blind, and derided them as “cattle.” Yet the Japanese Army was arguably one of the most disobedient armies in the world. Officers repeatedly staged coups d’états, violent insurrections and political assassinations, while their associates defied orders given by both the government and high command, launched independent military operations against other countries, and in two notorious cases conspired to assassinate foreign leaders.
The purpose of this book, the first of its kind in English, is to explain the culture of rebellion and resistance in the Japanese armed forces. It was a culture created by a series of seemingly innocent government decisions, each reasonable in its own right. These decisions unintentionally led to a gradual weakening of the Japanese government’s control over its army and navy. The consequences were dire, as the armed forces dragged the government into more and more of China in the 1930s, and finally into the Pacific War.
Curse on this Country, a book based on original documents in fifteen archives and five different languages, sheds light on the underground culture of insubordination that became increasingly dominant in the Japanese armed forces, until it made the Pacific War possible. It argues that assassinations and other acts of brazen defiance were the moving force in modern Japanese history – not blind obedience as is usually believed.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 大日本帝国的士兵即使明知必死也会紧跟自己的上司，这样的愚蠢十分出名。日本在太平洋战争中的对手们都认为这些日本军人的顺从是完全盲目的。但日本的军队却被认为是世界上最不听话的军队之一。军官们屡屡上演政变、暴力叛乱和政治暗杀，而他们的同伙不顾政府和最高统帅部的吩咐，都纷纷对其他国家进行独立的军事行动，还曾两次密谋暗杀外国领导人。
本书是第一部以英语出版的此类书籍，旨在解释日本武装力量中叛逆、抵抗的文化。这样的文化来源于政府通过了一个个貌似合理的决策，无意中导致了日本政府对其陆军和海军的控制越来越趋于弱化。而后果是毁灭性的，20世纪30年代，军队将政府困在了中国战场，并最终导致了太平洋战争的爆发。
本书是这类书籍中第一部以英语出版的作品，目的在于解释日本军队所谓叛乱和阻力究竟是怎样一回事。它是由一系列貌似无辜的政府决策毫无悬念地，在自己的权利每个合理的创造的文化。。其后果是可怕的，因为军队拖入政府为越来越多的中国在20世纪30年代，终于进入了太平洋战争。
本书根据用五种不同语言写成的十五部档案，揭示了日本军队中实际并不服从的地下文化，且这样的文化在太平洋战争真正打响之前日益占据主导地位。根据本书的观点，暗杀行动以及无耻的抵抗大抵推动了现代日本史，但这并不是我们常以为的盲目顺从。(LYR)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Danny Orbach曾是以色列情报机构特工，后花了十多年时间在特拉维夫、东京以及哈佛大学学习。作为一个历史学家、评论家和政治博客写手，他对于德国、日本、中国、以色列和中东的历史著述颇为丰厚，特别侧重于军事抵抗，反抗，叛乱和政治暗杀。
A veteran of Israeli intelligence, Danny Orbach studied for more than ten years in Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Harvard Universities. As a historian, commentator and political blogger, he has published extensively on German, Japanese, Chinese, Israeli and Middle Eastern history, with a special focus on military resistance, disobedience, rebellions and political assassinations.
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