TY - JOUR
T1 - By not stopping
T2 - The first taiwan expedition (1874) and the roots of Japanese military disobedience
AU - Orbach, Danny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Society for Japanese Studies.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - On April 26, 1874, Lieutenant General Saigō Tsugumichi, the commander of an impending Japanese invasion to Taiwan, was ordered by the Meiji government to withhold the expedition at the last moment, but he defied his political leaders and invaded the island. This article explores what circumstances led Saigō to disobey and how his decision indirectly helped to shape the legal and institutional basis for the later autonomy of the Japanese army. This autonomy engendered in turn a culture of military disobedience that haunted the imperial armed forces up to the 1930s.
AB - On April 26, 1874, Lieutenant General Saigō Tsugumichi, the commander of an impending Japanese invasion to Taiwan, was ordered by the Meiji government to withhold the expedition at the last moment, but he defied his political leaders and invaded the island. This article explores what circumstances led Saigō to disobey and how his decision indirectly helped to shape the legal and institutional basis for the later autonomy of the Japanese army. This autonomy engendered in turn a culture of military disobedience that haunted the imperial armed forces up to the 1930s.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958161322&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/jjs.2016.0000
DO - 10.1353/jjs.2016.0000
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AN - SCOPUS:84958161322
SN - 0095-6848
VL - 42
SP - 29
EP - 55
JO - Journal of Japanese Studies
JF - Journal of Japanese Studies
IS - 1
ER -