I had to go look up the term but I finally found it with the aid of a friend. :p The term gekokujo was what was used among the Japanese military to countermand orders that they disagreed with. I think it means rule from below. A military run like that was impossible to coordinate. ;p
Ah, makes sense now.
Reminds me of a skit from Monty Python
Mr Bun
What have you got, then?
Waitress
Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and bacon; egg, bacon and Bacon; egg, bacon, sausage and bacon; bacon, bacon, sausage and bacon; bacon, egg, bacon, bacon, bacon...
I had heard about Hirohito and his poem that told of the folly of war but he did not strictly FORBID them not to. Then again, we learn from the Nomanhan incident that generals int he field usually took the initiative and made their own decisions in the field---and even overruled their...
Well, you did all the work in finding them and taking pictures. :p My last honey hole has dried up for some reason. All I found last time worth getting was a 2015 US Open at Chamber's Bay hat. :p
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