Meiji Restoration and Japan's Rapid Industrialization

Intro

0:00

Hirohito and Introduction to the Book

1:59

Industrialization and Traditional Military Norms

11:11

Alternate Causes for Japanese Atrocities Richard Hanania's Public Choice Theory in Imperial Japan (0:17:03)

14:50

Hirohito's Relationship with the Military

21:34

Rant of Japanese Strategy

24:33

Modern Parallel to Russia/Ukraine

33:10

Economics of War and Western War Capacity

38:22

Elements of Effective Occupation

48:14

Ideological Fervor in WW2 Japan

55:53

Cynicism on Elites

59:25

The Legend of Godlike Hirohito

1:00:29

Postwar Japanese Economy

1:06:47

Blogging and Podcasting

1:13:23

Spooky

1:20:31

Outro

1:38:00