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Japan's economic planning and mobilization in wartime, 1930s-1940s : the competence of the state

Miwa, Yoshirهo, 1948-

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\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Japan. Kaigun. Kهokهutai History 20th century. / World War, 1939-1945 Economic aspects Japan. / Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Economic aspects Japan. / Industrial mobilization Japan History 20th century. / Japan Armed Forces Mobilization History 20th century. / Japan Economic policy 1918-1945. / Japan Military policy. / Military planning Japan History 20th century. / BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics.
• ISBN: 9781107026506, 1107026504

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HC462.8.M474 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE