Word: militarist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tanaka: "I think Admiral Togo† is the greatest man in Japanese history. Togo was an honest nationalist, which is not the same thing as a militarist. I also respect Admiral Yamamoto [who planned and carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor], not as a militarist but as an excellent human being. I had a copy of his biography, but when we surrendered I burned...
...brief speeches the scientists promised not to repeat the "retreat from reason" that was forced upon them during Japan's militarist regime. They pledged themselves to work for world peace. Then they split into committees and got down to their main business of advising the government on Japan's scientific problems. Their charter makes them only an advisory group, but they feel that they have the prestige to give their advice authority. Besides, they have the conviction that they, the scientists of defeated Japan, are pioneering for the entire world...
Sixteen students who oppose the draft and other evidences of "militarist domination" met in Winthrop Junior Common Room to plan the new organization. Fourteen of the students are believers in conscientious objection...
...misunderstand what is happening here . . . When we change our national Administration next January, as I firmly believe we will, it will be for the purpose of strengthening our country, cementing our national unity, and waging the peace with greater skill and effectiveness . . . And let no dictator or trigger-happy militarist anywhere make any mistake about that...
...Bloodless Battle. One misconception is a tendency to confuse the Russians with democracy's late enemies, the Germans and the Japanese. Both the Axis nations were militarist, which means that they had a preference for going to war to get what they wanted. Militarism is not one of the numerous moral spirochetes in the Communist mind. The Reds understand very clearly the importance of military power, but they prefer not to use it if they can reach their objectives by propaganda, conspiracy or blackmail. The Communists are not likely to unify the U.S. with a military Pearl Harbor...