Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan

Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781134968763
ISBN-13 : 1134968760
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Book Synopsis Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan by : Stephen Large

Download or read book Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan written by Stephen Large and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan. Stephen Large draws on a wide range of Japanese and Western sources in his study of Emperor Hirohito's political role in Showa Japan (1926-89). This analysis focuses on key events in his career such as the extent to which he bore responsibility for Japanese aggression in the Pacific in 1941, and explains why Hirohito remains such a contested symbol in Japanese post war politics.


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