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The Factors that Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism


Japan's political journey from its quasi-democratic government in the
1920's to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930's, the collapse of democratic
institutions, and the eventual military state was not an overnight
transformation. There was no coup d'etat, no march on Rome, no storming of the
Bastille. Instead, it was a political journey that allowed a semi-democratic
nation to transform itself into a military dictatorship. The forces that aided
in this transformation were the failed promises of the Meiji Restoration that
were represented in the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the perceived
capitulation of the Japanese parliamentary leaders to the western powers, a
compliant public, and an independent military.

The ground work for Japanese militarism was a compliant Japanese public.
This pliant public was created through a variety of factors. Beginning in the
1890's the public education system indoctrinated......

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