Mediator of fascism : Shimoi Harukichi, 1915-1928 -- The Mussolini boom, 1928-1931 -- The clash of fascisms -- Imperial convergence : the Italian-Ethiopian War and Japanese world order thinking, 1935-1936 -- Fascism in world history -- Epilogue : fascism after the new world order
Summary
During the interwar period, Japanese intellectuals, writers, activists, and politicians, although conscious of the many points of intersection between their politics and those of Mussolini, were ambivalent about the comparability of Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy. This book uncovers the ideological links that tied Japan to Italy, drawing on extensive materials from Japanese and Italian archives to shed light on the formation of fascist history and practice in Japan and beyond
