Dollery, Brian; Spindler, Zane; Parsons, Craig - In: Public Organization Review 4 (2004) 2, pp. 135-155
Inter-service rivalry over budget allocations between the Japanese Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army played a crucial role in the genesis of World War Two in the Pacific. The adoption of a nanshin ("southward advance") strategy by the Navy may be explained as an attempt to maximize its budget...