Humanitarianism and the Emperor's Japan, 1877-1977 / Olive Checkland
1994, 1st edition. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #389655
ISBN: 0333600894
Physical description; 258 pp.: illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; Chronology of Humanitarianism and the Japanese Red Cross -- Map of Japan, 1877-1977 -- pt. I. Establishing the Emperor's Credentials. 1. The Red Cross in Japan. 2. The 'Emperor's Children': Army and Navy Health Care. 3. The Red Cross and Health Care for the Nation -- pt. II. Accolade for an Emperor. 4. Japan, Humanitarian World Leader, 1894-1905. 5. Russian Prisoners of War, 1904-5. 6. German Prisoners of War, 1914-18. 7. Humanitarianism Abandoned -- pt. III. Old Clothes for the New Emperor. 8. Shame and the War Prisoner. 9. Prisoners in Travail. 10. Ultimate Weapons, Drugs and Disease. 11. Keeping the Humanitarian Flame Alight -- pt. IV. 1945, and After. 12. 'The Face of War is the Face of Death'. 13. Phoenix Resurgent. 14. In the Emperor's Name -- App. A: Glossary of Japanese Terms -- App. B: Biographical Details of Japanese Leaders to whom Reference is Made -- App. C: Japanese Regulations for the Treatment of Russian Wounded and Prisoners of War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. App. D: Col. 'Weary' Dunlop's 'Medical Experiences in Japanese Captivity' -- App. E: Report on the Repatriation of Koreans from Japan after 1959. Subjects; Nihon Sekij jisha History. Japanese Red Cross Society. Humanitarianism. Japan History Meiji period, 1868-1912. Voluntary welfare services.
Price: €225.00