Book Reviews : Asian Revolutionary: The Life of Sen Katayama. By HYMAN KUBLIN. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Pp. xiii, 370. $9.00.) Conspiracy at Mukden: The Rise of the Japanese Military. By TAKEHIKO YOSHI- HASHI. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. Pp. xvi, 274. $6.50.) Paternalism in the Japanese Economy: Anthropological Studies of Oyabun-Kobun Patterns. By JOHN W. BENNETT and IWAO ISHINO. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1963. Pp. x, 307. $6.50.)
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296401700442 |
| Date | 01 December 1964 |
| Author | Nobutaka Ike |
| Published date | 01 December 1964 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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The
principal
bad
man
in
this
scenario
is
Benes,
whose
villainy
appears
un-
relieved.
His
sins
include
the
break-up
of
Austria-Hungary
and
the
establishment
of
Czechoslovakia
(a
guilt
he
shares
with
Masaryk ) ;
the
incorporation
of
the
Sudeten
Germans;
failure
to
act
on
the
nationalities
issue
in
the
interwar
period;
misleading
the
world
and
the
Czech
people
on
true
developments
during
the
Munich
crisis;
deception
and
betrayal
of
the
Polish
govemment-in-exile
and
of
the
Sudeten
repre-
sentatives
in
London;
collusion
with
Stalin
to
make
the
latter
&dquo;master
of
Bohemia,&dquo;
Beneš’
reward
being
Stalin’s
permission
to
expel
the
Sudeten
Germans.
Indeed,
it
is
Beneš
who
&dquo;opened
the
road
to
Prague,
Berlin
and
Vienna
for
the
Russians.&dquo;
Heyd-
rich’s
execution
by
persons
parachuted
from
London
(no
local
assassin
could
be
found)
was
designed
mainly
to
provoke
Nazi
reprisals
&dquo;the
propaganda
value
of
which ...
would
outweight
the
loss
of
human
life
involved.&dquo;
Benes
was
often
devious
but
he
is
hardly
the
villain
depicted
by
Jaksch,
especially
in
view
of
his
praise
of
Hlinka
and
Tiso.
The
translation
by
Professor
Glaser
reads
exceedingly
well.
Professor
Glaser
also
has
written
an
&dquo;editor’s
introduction&dquo;
and
collaborated
on
some
of
the
notes
as
well
as
contributed
some
independently.
The
serious
question
arises
whether
the
entire
effort
was
worthwhile.
Hardly,
in
this
reviewer’s
opinion,
the
publisher’s
claim
notwithstanding,
is
it
&dquo;an
indispensable
book
for
everyone
who
wants
a
deeper
under-
standing
of
the
events
leading
to
the
tragic
division
of
Europe.&dquo;
City
College
of
New
York
ISAAC
A.
STONE
Asian
Revolutionary:
The
Life
of
Sen
Katayama.
By
HYMAN
KUBLIN.
(Princeton:
Princeton
University
Press,
1964.
Pp.
xiii,
370.
$9.00.)
Conspiracy
at
Mukden:
The
Rise
of
the
Japanese
Military.
By
TAKEHIKO
YOSHI-
HASHI.
(New
Haven:
Yale
University
Press,
1963.
Pp. xvi, 274.
$6.50.)
Paternalism
in
the
Japanese
Economy:
Anthropological
Studies
of
Oyabun-Kobun
Patterns.
By
JOHN
W.
BENNETT
and
IWAO
ISHINO.
(Minneapolis:
University
of
Minnesota
Press, 1963.
Pp.
x,
307.
$6.50.)
Sen
Katayama
was
among
the
few
Japanese
revolutionaries
who
have
achieved
international
fame.
When
he
died
in
exile
in
Moscow
in
1933,
he
was
accorded
a
state
funeral,
with
Stalin
and
other
dignitaries
among
the
pallbearers.
His
death
at
the
age
of
73
brought
to
a
close
a
long
life
dedicated
to
social
reform
and
revolution.
Professor
Hyman
Kublin
has
written
what
surely
will
be
the
standard
work
on
Katayama
for
a
long
time
to
come.
The
author
began
working
on
this
book
well
over
a
decade
ago;
and
since
Katayama
was
a
wanderer,
following
his
trail
and
unearth-
ing
pertinent
documents
must
have
been
a
difficult
and
frustrating
undertaking.
Despite
the
difficulties,
Professor
Kublin
has
done
a
remarkably
thorough
and
com-
petent
job.
As
the
biography
shows,
Katayama
was
not
an
intellectual
concerned
with
the
niceties
of
Marxist
doctrine,
but
an
organizer
and
agitator.
He
was
a
man
of
simple
tastes
and
a
sympathetic
heart;
he
reacted
to
some
of
the
gross
abuses
which
almost
everywhere
characterize
the
early
stages
of
industrialization
by
embracing
Chris-
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