Japan's Economic Planning and Mobilization in Wartime, 1930s-1940s
General Material Designation
[electronic resources]
Other Title Information
the competence of the state
First Statement of Responsibility
Yoshiro Miwa.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 462 p.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 443 -452) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Although most economists maintain a mistrust of a government's goals when it intervenes in an economy, many continue to trust its actual ability. They retain, in other words, a faith in state competence. For this faith, they adduce no evidence. Sharing little skepticism about the government's ability, they continue to expect the best of governmental intervention. To study government competence in World War II Japan offers an intriguing laboratory. In this book, Yoshiro Miwa shows that the Japanese government did not conduct requisite planning for the war by any means. It made its choices on an ad hoc basis and the war itself quickly became a dead end. That the government planned for the war incompetently casts doubts on the accounts of Japanese government leadership more generally"--
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Japan.-- History-- 20th century.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945-- Economic aspects-- Japan.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945-- Economic aspects-- Japan.