Sandra Wilson · 2003
A historical examination of the political crisis in East Asia and how it was perceived by the domestic public.
Dan Carlin points out that Sandra Wilson shows how state propaganda and historical narratives were weaponized to justify imperial expansion.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Historian Sandra Wilson, in her book, The Manchurian Crisis in Japanese Society, 1931 to 1933, points out that the whole idea of Manchuria as this vital lifeline is part of the propaganda of the Japanese state.”
Why: Sheds light on how state propaganda and historical narratives were weaponized to justify imperial expansion into Manchuria.
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