Crossing empire's edge : Foreign Ministry police and Japanese expansionism in Northeast Asia /

For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) possessed an independent police force that operated within the space of Japan's informal empire on the Asian continent. This text reveals its complex history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Esselstrom, Erik
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2009.
Series:World of East Asia.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) possessed an independent police force that operated within the space of Japan's informal empire on the Asian continent. This text reveals its complex history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index.
ISBN:9781441619846
1441619844
9780824862053
0824862058
0824868935
9780824868932