Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanAnnotationIn 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.
Awards2000 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
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Topics | Emporers Empires Empire building Ambition World War II Japanese imperial family Japanese military Japanese culture Japanese history Japanese society
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Setting | Japan
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