Government by Assassination
by Byas, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on f
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First edition [stated[. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Sticker inside back cover.. 3 p. L., v-ix, [1], 369, viii p., 1 L. 22 cm. Index. Hugh Byas, a British Editor Who Became a Leading Expert on Japan between the First and Second World Wars. The author was formerly Tokyo correspondent of the New York Times. Written by someone who spent twenty-three years as a journalist in Japan, this book describes the political and military aspirations of Japan at a tumultuous period of twentieth century history. The book examines the workings of the Japanese government and discusses the role of the military in shaping political ideals: ideals which were a compound of Marxism and National Socialism, transformed for Japanese uses and combined with fanatical racial, national and semi-religious obsessions.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69890
- Title
- Government by Assassination
- Author
- Byas, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition [stated[. Presumed first printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Black Dragon, Mitsuru Toyama, Assassination, Foreign Correspondent, Journalism, Terrorism, War Guilt, Hirohito, Disarmament
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