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@article{ART001826334},
author={Park, Sung-jin},
title={A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s},
journal={military history},
issn={1598-317X},
year={2013},
number={89},
pages={297-330},
doi={10.29212/mh.2013..89.297}

TY - JOUR
AU - Park, Sung-jin
TI - A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s
JO - military history
PY - 2013
VL - null
IS - 89
PB - Military History Institute, MND
SP - 297
EP - 330
SN - 1598-317X
AB - This paper is to investigate the total war plan emerged in Japan in the 1920s and the formation process of such system through the formation of economic general staff including the 'Munitions Bureau'(軍需局, 1918-1920), the 'National Strength Evaluation Board'(國勢院, 1920-1922) and the 'Resources Bureau'(資源局, 1927-1937) and its history of change. The entire Japan was severely concerned about how to cope with the First World War symbolizing the total war in the 1920s. The military authorities had shown the most sensitive response and the political circle couldn't be excluded from such trend. In particular, the army sincerely examined the aspects of the total war and clarified how to cope with the war. However, such an approach was inevitably led to a total war plan due to the limit of industrial capability at that time and insufficient resources. Nevertheless, some middle-level officers in the army gathered momentum and formed a group of ‘the total war officers’ and presented a longer-term and more in-depth plan. The military authorities and the political circles agreed on the necessity to strengthen the national power for the total war. To this end, the Economic General Staff including the Munitions Bureau, the National Strength Evaluation Board and the Resources Bureau were established on the institutional level. However, the differences in opinions among the military authorities insisting to quicken the planning and implementation of short-term war plan and the political circle asserting to strengthen the national power in the longer term restricted the activities of the Economic General Staff. The military authorities which were politically restricted in the 1920s couldn't help withdrawing their insistence due to the political barrier. In this aspect, the 1920s could be the only period which could curb the military authorities. Meanwhile, the total war officers emerging since the late 1920s provided the theory enabling to overcome such barriers and their theory was earnestly implemented in the 1930s.
KW - The First World War;Total War;Total War Officer;Economic General Staff;the Munitions Bureau(軍需局);the National Strength Evaluation Board(國勢院);the Resources Bureau(資源局);Nagata Tetsuzan(永田鉄山)
DO - 10.29212/mh.2013..89.297
ER -

Park, Sung-jin. (2013). A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s. military history, 89, 297-330.

Park, Sung-jin. 2013, "A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s", military history, no.89, pp.297-330. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin "A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s" military history 89 pp.297-330 (2013) : 297.

Park, Sung-jin. A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s. 2013; 89 : 297-330. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin. "A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s" military history no.89(2013) : 297-330.doi: 10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin. A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s. military history, 89, 297-330. doi: 10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin. A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s. military history. 2013; 89 297-330. doi: 10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin. A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s. 2013; 89 : 297-330. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2013..89.297

Park, Sung-jin. "A Study on Total War Plan and ‘Economic General Staff' of Japan in the 1920s" military history no.89(2013) : 297-330.doi: 10.29212/mh.2013..89.297