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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Paperback - 2016

by Herbert P. Bix

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With access to hundreds of previously untapped documents, including the unpublished letters and diaries of members of Hirohito's royal court, historian Bix has traced the Japanese emperor's reign from 1926 to 1989, revealing surprising information about his role in World War II. of photos.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"A startling work -- awesomely ambitious, faultlessly researched, daring in its thesis, and profound in its implications." -- Business Week

"Magnificent. . . . everything a political biography should be." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch

This rich and powerful biography is now given fresh relevance with a new introduction by the author that explores how Hirohito's legacy persists in Japan to this day, and how US foreign policy in the region in the last ten years is informed by our troubled past with Japan and with Hirohito as a ruler specifically.

Trained since childhood to lead his nation as a living deity, Japan's Emperor Hirohito cultivated the image of a reluctant, detached monarch, a faade which masked a fierce cunning and powerful ambition. Historian Herbert P. Bix has unearned hundreds of previously untapped documents including the unpublished letters and diaries of Hirohito's royal court, tracing the key events of his sixty-three-year reign (1926 - 1989), and shedding light on his uniquely active yet self-effacing stewardship. Debunking the common image of Hirohito as a pawn in the hands of the military, Bix exposes the emperor's personal involvement in every stage of the Pacific War. With rare insight, he shows how Hirohito avoided punishment for his nation's defeat and how the Japanese people have struggled to come to terms with this dark chapter in their history.

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  • Title Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
  • Author Herbert P. Bix
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 880
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Publication date 2016-09-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780062560513 / 0062560514
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1.5 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Japan
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99089427
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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