Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military PoliceThe Kempeitai, Japan's secret military police and counter-espionage service, were held in justifiable dread in the military occupied territories of what the Japanese called the Dai Toa Kyozonken (Great East Asia Co-Existence Sphere - a euphemism for Japanese-occupied territories) of the Second World War empire. This book sheds new light on this little-known but greatly feared organ of repression, and will appeal in particular to students of Axis history, and to all with an interest in the Second World War in general. |
Contents
Preface FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH THE KEMPEITAI | 1 |
Chapter One ROOTS OF THE KEMPEITAI | 12 |
Chapter Two KEMPEITAI RECRUITMENT | 32 |
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