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An Overview of the History of War

An Overview of the History of War

戦争史大観
Sensō-shi Taikan
#Japanese Classic#Showa#Geopolitics#Military Strategy#Wwii Era
Original language
Japanese

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A sweeping military-historical treatise in which Imperial Army strategist Kanji Ishiwara sets out his distinctive theory of war. Surveying warfare from Napoleon onward, he argues that conflict is not accidental but the inevitable product of technological and economic forces. He traces an alternating rhythm of attritional and decisive wars that, in his prophetic vision, converges on a coming "final war" fought with airpower and new weapons. Adapted from a 1940 Kyoto lecture, the book distills the strategic worldview that made Ishiwara one of Japan's most controversial military thinkers.

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Ishiwara Kanji
1889 – 1949 · Japan

Imperial Japanese Army general and military theorist; orchestrated the Mukden Incident and developed the "Final World War" doctrine.

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Territory Language Format Status
WW en translation available