Annotation
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world.
Awards
2000 National Book Critics Circle Awards
2001 Pulitzer Prize
Author Notes
Herbert P. Bix a professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
| Genre | NonFiction Historical |
| Topics | Emporers Empires Empire building Ambition World War II Japanese imperial family Japanese military Japanese culture Japanese history Japanese society |
| Setting | Japan |