The Japanese Police State
Tokko in Interwar Japan
Elise K. Tipton(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-485-30065-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a specialized study of the organization, ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higher Police, the Tokko, notorious in pre-war and war-time years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of Tokko brutality and abuses of authority, analyzes police traditions and looks at the Tokko's interactions with other Japanese institutions and the broader socio-political climate. In addition, the book sets the Tokko in the context of the political system as a whole by developing the police state as an analytical concept. The book considers the history of the idea of a police state, and compares the Japanese Tokko with the political police in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Sources include confidential Tokko documents and interviews with former Tokko officials.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
appendices, bibliography, notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-485-30065-9 (9780485300659)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Japanese police tradition; rule by law; professionalism; Emperor's police ideology; the Japanese police state.