Episode 146 - Indigestion

<p>While the Kwantung Army ran roughshod over Manchuria in defiance of all orders coming out of Tokyo, events back in the Home Islands didn't remain static. The crisis caused a nationalistic frenzy among leaders, in the media, and in public opinion. A surge of domestic terrorism in the spring of 1932 would fatally undermine elected government, as Hirohito and his advisors turned towards hand-picked leaders they believed could navigate Japan through the crisis they were in. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>McClain, James L A Modern History of Japan WW Norton &amp; Company Inc, 2002</li> <li>Duus, Peter The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 1988</li> <li>Young, Louise Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism University of California Press 1998</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>