This week: some reflections on the hollow nature of Manchurian “independence”, and on what kept the state going if so few of its own residents believed in its promises.
Sources
Imber, Jennifer. “Manzhouguo’s Forgotten Collaborators, 1932-1945”. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, UK Lexington, 2014
Yamamuro, Shinichi. Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion
Matsusaka, Yoshihisa. The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932
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