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17%OFFFrancis Pike - Hirohito´s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 - 9781472596710 - V9781472596710
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Hirohito´s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945

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Description for Hirohito´s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic. Num Pages: 1208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1828.
Named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2016 In his magisterial 1,208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a `blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472596710
SKU
V9781472596710
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99-50

About Francis Pike
Francis Pike is a historian, journalist and specialist in Asian economics, politics and history and is author of Empires at War: A Short History of Modern Asia Since World War II (2009).

Reviews for Hirohito´s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945
Magnificent ... Hirohito's War by Francis Pike sets a new standard: oceanic in scope, comprehensive in detail, subtle in dissection, magisterial in organisation and consistently readable.
The Spectator
Francis Pike's monumental new book, a thoughtful and detailed synthesis of the English-language secondary scholarship on the war, is a welcome addition to the work on the period ... [A]n ... Read more

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