Japanese Imperialism Research Project (15 books)

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My syllabus of books in my self guided research project into Japanese imperialism and its affect on Japanese culture during the 20th century.

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1		The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 by John Toland 4.30 avg rating — 6,238 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War by George L. Hicks 3.78 avg rating — 321 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion by Shin'ichi Yamamuro 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Korea under Japanese Colonialism, 1910-1945: A Historical Overview by Samina Sultana liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History by Ethan Mark 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History by Paul H. Kratoska 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes by Langley Russell 3.90 avg rating — 503 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army by Meirion Harries 4.05 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism (Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power, #8) by Louise Young 4.01 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police by Raymond Lamont-Brown 3.47 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-45 and the American Cover-up by Sheldon H. Harris 3.92 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang 4.25 avg rating — 56,706 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower 4.16 avg rating — 5,328 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945 by Peter B. High 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

15 books · 1 voter · list created August 12th, 2025 by delicious treat (votes) .

Tags: colonialism, history, imperialism, japan, world-war-2

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