Reviews for Genocidal Temptation

The average rating for Genocidal Temptation based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-22 00:00:00 Johannes S�re 3.5 stars This 1996 textbook, "Eastern Phoenix: Japan Since 1945" by Professor Mikiso Hane seems to have a boasting title but, indeed, his academic narrative with cited references and data has been inspiringly informative, undoubtedly as a model country in which her developments in those key decisive areas, for instance, industry, economy, education, etc. have long been categorized as one of the world class nations envious by many, probably worldwide after her defeat in World War II in 1945. At first I think I would quote some lines from its back cover but I change my mind because you can read the synopsis on the right when you visit this website: However, while reading this book we need to keep in mind regarding 2015 the present year, therefore, its mentioning twice of "fifty years" there is not true and they should be silently changed into "seventy years" instead. I think this is a general case of immediacy, one of the flaws of textbooks. Nevertheless, we can still enjoy reading it as a foundation one, hoping to read its latest edition as soon as it is newly revised. Furthermore, it should be a good idea dealing with its twenty-year span so that more recent progressive data acquired from those related sections in every five years or two decades would, more or less, suggest her particular amazingly outstanding advancements from data analyses. This might lead towards any advanced powerful economic model/theory in which, I think, many developing countries can learn a lot from Japan as a uniquely tough and learned one before it is too late for them.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-23 00:00:00 Wang Ying Although the book isn't as in-depth as I'd like it to be, it is a serviceable overview of the political, economic, and sociocultural development of Japan in the years following World War II. Hane has a tendency to offer simple numbers/raw data rather than interpretation, but she does an impressive job in presenting 50 years of history in a single,manageable volume.