Collins, 1983, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First
foreword by author, acknowledgements and bibliography. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the lower backstrip edges and to the top book corners. Age toning of the text block edges. Some marks to the endpapers and light age toning of the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured background with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Some yellowing of the white of the background. " In this provocative, perceptive book, Russell Braddon argues that the Japanese had bought to post-war industry precisely that spirit of daring and devotion that deal with such stunning victories in 1942, so that the puny industrial machine that survived the war has long since become a juggernaut. What made it a juggernaut, however, is not so much technology as the unique spirit of those who designed and man it. Can the West now find the spirit, the author asks, to counter this new form of aggression? " -- From the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), VII-VIII, 9-246 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Economics; Japan; History. ISBN: 0002163934. ISBN/EAN: 9780002163934. Inventory No: 0111228.
foreword by author, acknowledgements and bibliography. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the lower backstrip edges and to the top book corners. Age toning of the text block edges. Some marks to the endpapers and light age toning of the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured background with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Some yellowing of the white of the background. " In this provocative, perceptive book, Russell Braddon argues that the Japanese had bought to post-war industry precisely that spirit of daring and devotion that deal with such stunning victories in 1942, so that the puny industrial machine that survived the war has long since become a juggernaut. What made it a juggernaut, however, is not so much technology as the unique spirit of those who designed and man it. Can the West now find the spirit, the author asks, to counter this new form of aggression? " -- From the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), VII-VIII, 9-246 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Economics; Japan; History. ISBN: 0002163934. ISBN/EAN: 9780002163934. Inventory No: 0111228.