Revisionist General

Gen. Toshio Tamogami, chief of staff of the Japanese military, has been dismissed for his politically incorrect article called “Was Japan an Aggressor Nation?” His crime: writing that the Japanese empire was no more aggressive than the British, French, or Dutch empires, and that it is therefore wrong to single Japan out. And that the US tricked Japan into war. (Thanks to Paul Maglic.) UPDATE from Matt Dioguardi: Having lived in in Japan for 14 years, I’m always extremely interested in these issues. What I find is that it’s exceedingly hard to get any thing even approximating truth because the … Continue reading Revisionist General