Format:
xliii, 819 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
,
illustrations, maps, portraits
,
21 cm
Edition:
Updated, reissued with a new introduction
ISBN:
0062560514
,
9780062560513
Content:
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
Note:
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.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Japan
;
Hirohito Japan, Kaiser 1901-1989
;
Biografie
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b9g3-aa
