Engineering war and peace in modern Japan, 1868-1964

Engineering war and peace in modern Japan, 1868-1964

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nishiyama, Takashi 1969- (Author)
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 2014.
Subjects:
Military engineering > Japan > History > 19th century.
Military engineering > Japan > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Engineering and construction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
Railroad engineering > Japan > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Design and construction > Japan > History > 20th century.
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505 0 |a Introduction : technology and culture, war and peace -- Designing engineering education for war, 1868-1942 -- Navy engineers and the air war, 1919-1942 -- Engineers for the kamikaze air war, 1943-1945 -- Integrating wartime experience in postwar Japan, 1945-1952 -- Former military engineers in in the postwar Japanese national railways, 1945-1955 -- Opposition movements of former military engineers in the postwar railway industry, 1945-1957 -- Former military engineers and the development of the shinkansen, 1957-1964 -- Conclusion : legacy of war and defeat. 
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