This volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Ben-Ami Shillony on modern history, crisis and culture, Ja

Special areas: modern history; crisis and culture; Japan, the Jews and Israel. This volume forms part of the major new series, published by Curzon Press under t

Shillony's writings cover modern history, crisis and culture, Japan and the Jews.

The book offers a fascinating picture of the four emperors of modern Japan, their institution, their personalities and their impact on the history of their coun

"Revere the Emperor, Destroy the Traitors"—armed with this slogan, on February 26, 1936. Rebellious Japanese troops led by members of the Young Officers' Move