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Title: “The Development and Impact of Japanese Nationalism: An Analysis of Kenneth Pyle’s Account in Japan Rising”

Using chapter 2, 3, and 4 of Japan rising by kenneth Pyle write a 5 page paper on this prompt.
Explicate Kenneth Pyle’s account of Japanese nationalism. What inspired it? What was the content of this nationalist orthodoxy? How was it inculcated across the population? What were its successes and what were its limitations? How does Pyle explain the relationship between this domestic use of imperial myths and the “honorific nationalism” Japan displayed in the international arena?