R. Taggart Murphy · 2014
An economic and political history of Japan examining its postwar societal structures.
Dan Carlin highlights its valuable analysis of how samurai ethics and military discipline were repurposed to shape a compliant bureaucracy.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Here's what R Taggart Murphy says about both that paradox and the fact that hey listen the warrior ethics that worked well on the battlefield will work well in the bureaucracy he writes in his book japan and the shackles of the past quote…”
Why: Valuable analysis of how samurai ethics and military discipline were repurposed to shape a compliant bureaucracy.
Dan Carlin, Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistorySupernova in the East I
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