Weirdly (un)balanced
4 stars
Actually pretty well written, but the division of pages across time feels very oddly balanced -- a headlong rush to cover everything from prehistory to the Meiji Restoration in fewer than 80 pages, then to the end of the Pacific War in another 40, and then 100 for the post-war economy. Feels like it would have been more accurate to describe it as a post-war economic survey with a history tacked on the beginning.