| Abstrakt: |
This article presents a review of Gunshi Jun's book on regional social integration policy as a key in Japan's modern national mobilization movement that accompanied that country's rise of militarism and imperialism, from the 1st Sino-Japanese War through World War II. Regional integration -- in the form of neighborhood mutual aid programs that, for example, supported the families of soldiers killed in war, wounded soldiers, and returned soldiers -- was used as a "lever" in creating a society that supported the military and wars in which the military was engaged. |
