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Japanese schoolchildren were indoctrinated with the idea of Bushidō ("the spirit of the warriors") during the Meiji era. Did this indoctrination end up backfiring by causing common people to clamor for war even when the elites knew diplomacy would have worked better?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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