 The "Shinmin no Michi" or "Path of Subjects" described what the Japanese should aspire to be, and depicted Western culture as corrupt.The booklet "Read This and the War is Won", printed for distribution to the army, not only discussed tropical fighting conditions but also why the army fought.Colonialism was presented as a tiny group of colonists living in luxury by placing burdens on Asians; because ties of blood connected them to the Japanese, and Asians had been weakened by colonialism, it was Japan's place to "make men of them again."