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

Trained since childhood to lead his nation as a living deity, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito cultivated the image of a reluctant, detached monarch, a façade which masked a fierce cunning and powerful ambition. Historian Herbert P. Bix has unearned hundreds of previously untapped documents including the unpublished letters and diaries of Hirohito’s royal court, tracing the key events of his sixty-three-year reign and shedding light on his uniquely active yet self-effacing stewardship.

Binding: Paperback
Pages: 880