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Noriko Kawamura - Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War - 9780295995175 - V9780295995175
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Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War

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Description for Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.

This reexamination of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War gives particular attention to the question: If the emperor could not stop Japan from going to war with the Allied Powers in 1941, why was he able to play a crucial role in ending the war in 1945? Drawing on previously unavailable primary sources, Noriko Kawamura traces Hirohito’s actions from the late 1920s to the end of the war, analyzing the role Hirohito played in Japan’s expansion. Emperor Hirohito emerges as a conflicted man who struggled throughout the war to deal with the undefined powers bestowed upon ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295995175
SKU
V9780295995175
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Noriko Kawamura
Noriko Kawamura is associate professor of history at Washington State University. She is the author of Turbulence in the Pacific: Japanese-U.S. Relations during World War I.

Reviews for Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
"This is an eye-opening book. . . . Kawamura’s research reveals the real Hirohito."
Geoffrey Wawro
History Book Club
"Noriko Kawamura’s Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War provides a convincing reappraisal of Japan’s Hirohito few Westerners would recognize whenever they are reminded of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific conflict."
Norm Haskett
The Daily Chronicles of ... Read more

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