Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War by Noriko Kawamura 9780295806310 0295806311

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• ISBN 10: 0295806311
• ISBN 13: 9780295806310
• Author:  Noriko Kawamura 

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 him as a monarch, often juggling the contradictory positions and irreconcilable differences advocated by his subordinates. Kawamura shows that he was by no means a pacifist, but neither did he favor the reckless wars advocated by Japan’s military leaders.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 The Aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1933
Chapter 2 Crises at Home and Abroad: From the February 26 Incident to the Sino-Japanese War
Chapter 3 The Road to Pearl Harbor
Chapter 4 An Uneasy Commander in Chief
Chapter 5 Imbroglio: Moves to End the War
Chapter 6 The “Sacred Decision” to Surrender

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