|
Save up to 50% if you register now! |
| |
| |
| Moopuna: Home - About Moopuna - Search - Help | Login - Register Now |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
Term Papers Categories Acceptance EssaysAlcohol & Drugs American History Anatomy & Physiology Animal Science Anthropology Architecture Arts Astronomy Aviation Biographies Biology Book Reports Business Chemistry Computers & Internet Creative Writing Current Events Economics Education Engineering English Environmental Issues Ethics European History Film & Cinema Foreign Languages Geography Government Health & Beauty Health Care History Human Sexuality Legal Issues Marketing Mathematics Medicine Movies Music Mythology Philosophy Physics Poetry Political Issues Political Science Psychology Religion Science Shakespeare Social Issues Sociology Speech & Communications Sports & Games Supernatural Issues Technology Theater World History Zoology | |
|
|
Japan The Aggressor
"Nothing was left of the Hiroshima of a few minutes ago. The houses and buildings had been destroyed and the streets transformed into a black desert, with only the flames from burning buildings giving a lurid illumination to the dark sky over Hiroshima." Those are the ever haunting words of a young boy who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. How did the war get this far that innocent people were slaughtered. What led up to the attack of the Japanese of Pearl Harbor. How did Japan, a country so isolated, become and aggressor that took the war virtually into their own hands? Japan has always been a country of great pride and culture. It has always had tremendous respect in it's emperor and great pride in the country itself. We see from many early documents the great nationalist views that the Japanese have. As early as 720 A.D. we see that Japan has great national pride, "when you receive the Imperial commands, fail not scrupulously to obey them." and it goes on to say that if you don't follow the emperor's commands you will be ruined. It is the duty of Japanese to follow his emperor. Japanese Samurai's had to be, not only brave, but ruthless and fight until the last man is left standing. Around the mid 1600s there was already tensions between Japan and foreigners. The Japanese felt that the Catholic missionaries where there to undermine there way of life. They didn't take kindly to Christians . It was the duty of the Japanese to report any Christians to the shogun and they would be rewarded. The didn't like the fact that foreigners came into their country and traded away their products. Because of this the Japanese closed their doors to foreign trade and anyone caught negotiating with foreigners would be punished. Even from this very early period of time we see that the Japanese wanted their own ways and didn't take kindly to involvement of others into their ways of life. Even with the Japanese's resentment of western culture, th... Please login to view comments from other users.
If you are having problems registering, please don't hesitate to contact us. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
| Home | Register | Search | Help | Contact | Retrieve Password | Cancel Subscription | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Back to Top |
|
|
|
| © Copyright 1999-2007 Moopuna.com. All Rights Reserved. |