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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bix, Herbert P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.

Hirohito.

Emperors--Japan--Biography.

Emperors.

Japan.

Japan--History--Shōwa period, 1926-1989.

History.

Local Subjects:

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xliii, 819 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Perennial edition, reissued with a new introduction.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, 2016.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

"Updated with a new introduction"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-787) and index.

ISBN:

9780062560513

0062560514

OCLC:

958880914

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