Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Bix, Herbert P.
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan - Updated, reissued with a new introduction. - xliii, 819 p illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21/13/4 cm Paperback
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Taishō 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 Shōwa.
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.
9780062560513
2017470551
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
Emperors--Japan--Biography.
Japan--History--Shōwa period, 1926-1989.
DS889.8 / .B59 2016
952.03/3/092 B
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan - Updated, reissued with a new introduction. - xliii, 819 p illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21/13/4 cm Paperback
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Taishō 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 Shōwa.
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.
9780062560513
2017470551
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
Emperors--Japan--Biography.
Japan--History--Shōwa period, 1926-1989.
DS889.8 / .B59 2016
952.03/3/092 B