Curse on This Country by Danny Orbach - 9781501705281

Curse on This CountryThe Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan\nAuthor(s): Danny Orbach\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501705281, 978-1501705281\nSynopsis\nImperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for blindly following orders, and their enemies in the Pacific War derided them as \""cattle to the slaughter.\"" But, in fact, the Japanese Army had a long history as one of the most disobedient armies in the world. Officers repeatedly staged coups d'tats, violent insurrections, and political assassinations; their associates defied orders given by both the government and the general staff, launched independent military operations against other countries, and in two notorious cases conspired to assassinate foreign leaders despite direct orders to the [url] Curse on This Country, Danny Orbach explains the culture of rebellion in the Japanese armed forces. It was a culture created by a series of seemingly innoc.