Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix

880 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Trained since childhood to lead his nation as a living deity, Japan's Emperor Hirohito cultivated a detached fa ade which masked a fierce cunning and powerful ambition. Historian Herbert P. Bix has unearthed hundreds of previously untapped documen...

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