Blank Paper (review of Power and Culture: The Japanese War 1941-1945, by Akira Iriye)

Power and Culture: The Japanese War 1941-1945By Akira IriyeHarvard, 304 pp., $22

For the Japanese, the terms of national existence include only one that is unconditional: to survive in a traditional way, the touchstone of such survival being the institution of the Emperor. At present they are doing so very nicely, of course, the adverbs made possible by the virtue and capitalistic skills of the people.

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John Kiley

Power and Culture: The Japanese War 1941-1945By Akira IriyeHarvard, 304 pp., $22

For the Japanese, the terms of national existence include only one that is unconditional: to survive in a traditional way, the touchstone of such survival being the institution of the Emperor. At present they are doing so very nicely, of course, the adverbs made possible by the virtue and capitalistic skills of the people.