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"This is a new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan's leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author and translator of the …
This is a most important new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan & rsquo;s leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author …
A biography of the Japanese emperor reveals a powerful man who successfully cultivated an image of a reluctant king while manipulating important events behind the scenes for five decades.
Largely a personal account based on the author's direct observations while engaged as editor of the "Nippon Times."
"From the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth, America and Japan were caught in an extraordinary political, military and economic duel. The clash between one of the newest cultures in the world and one of the oldest was characterized by a cultural …
"From the latter half of the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth, America and Japan were caught in an extraordinary political, military and economic duel. The clash between one of the newest cultures in the world and one of the oldest was characterized by a cultural …
"The debate over Emperor Hirohito's accountability for government decisions and military operations up to the end of World War II began before the end of the war and has continued even after his death in 1989. Hirohito and War documents this controversy while providing insights …
A biography of the Japanese emperor reveals a powerful man who successfully cultivated an image of a reluctant king while manipulating important events behind the scenes for five decades.
Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War reveals, Western imagination is often reductive in its explanat…