Hirohito and the making of modern Japan / Herbert P. Bix.

Author
Bix, Herbert P. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2000.
Description
xi, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-770) and index.
Contents
  • Part I
  • the prince's education, 1901-1921
  • The boy, the family, and the Meiji legacies
  • Cultivating an emperor
  • Confronting the real world
  • Part II
  • the politics of good intentions, 1922-1930
  • The regency and the crisis of Taisho democracy
  • The new monarchy and the new nationalism
  • A political monarch emerges
  • Part III
  • his majesty's wars, 1931-1945
  • The Manchurian transformation
  • Restoration and repression
  • Holy war
  • Stalemate and escalation
  • Prologue to Pearl Harbor
  • The ordeal of supreme command
  • Delayed surrender
  • Part IV
  • the unexamined life, 1945-1989
  • A monarchy reinvented
  • The Tokyo trial
  • Salvaging the imperial mystique
  • The quiet years and the legacies of Showa.
ISBN
006019314X
LCCN
^^^99089427^
OCLC
43031388
RCP
H - U
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