Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace
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Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace by Marius B Jansen
A work on Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It focuses on five decisions taken by Hirohito, which concern the 26 February 1936 insurrection of young army officers, the termination of the Pacific War, the post-war constitution, the issue of abdication and the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
Ikuhiko Hata received his PhD in modern history from the University of Tokyo. Now retired, he has been chief historian at Japan’s Ministry of Finance and has taught at the universities of Takushoku, Chiba and Nihon. He has also taught at Princeton and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. In 1993, he was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize. He is the author of Nankin jiken (The Nanking Incident), Showashi no nazo o ou (The Riddles of Showa-era History) and Ianfu to Senjo no Sei (Comfort women in the battlefield). He also contributed a chapter on ‘Continental Expansion’ in Vol. VI of the Cambridge History of Japan, and is the author of many other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905246359 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905246358 |
| Title | Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace |
| Author | Marius B Jansen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Year published | 2007-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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