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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Date: 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1992. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN 0275940691 9780275940690 [US]

ISBN10: 0275940691, ISBN13: 9780275940690, [publisher: Praeger Publishers] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

New York : Praeger, Date: 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.Subjects: Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1901-1989.Hirohito empereur du Japon 1901-. Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1901-1989. Sh wa keizer van Japan 1901-1989. Hirohito (Japan, Kaiser). Hirohito Emperor of Japan. Japan. Sovereign. 1926-1989Emperors Japan ; Biography. Empereurs Japon ; Biographies.Emperors. Japan History Sh wa period, 1926-1989.Japan History Showa period, 1926-1989.Japon Histoire 1926-1989 (Ère Sh wa) Japan. Japan History Sheowa period, 1926-1989. Japan History Sh wa period, 1926-1989Japan Emperors Biography. MonarchsJapan 1992. New York : Praeger ISBN 0275940691 9780275940690 [IE]

ISBN10: 0275940691, ISBN13: 9780275940690, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Hoyt's biography, taking advantage of recent posthumous revelations of a Japanese foreign service diplomat, portrays Hirohito as a man of peace held captive by his role in Japanese society and government . . . Library JournalA successful new book from a topnotch writer . . . Booklist. . . provocative . . . Kirkus ReviewsWas Emperor Hirohito to blame for Japan's expansionist military policies--and its atrocities--in World War II Was he out to make the world his empire This most extensive biography of the emperor in English challenges portrayals of Hirohito as either an unworldly scientist or a swashbuckling conspirator who tried to conquer the globe with military might. Using sources uncovered as recently as 1991, Hoyt reveals that the emperor was fundamentally a peace-loving man caught in a turbulent period when the Japanese military gained extraordinary power. He became the virtual prisoner of an Imperial system that prevented him from leading his country into an era of peace and prosperity, his boyhood dream. Hoyt's account, backed by a decade of research, details the emperor's repeated attempts to thwart the Imperial Army's headlong drive toward war. Even when defeat was certain, Hoyt maintains, Hirohito had to outmaneuver the army in order to surrender to Allied forces. Only then, in postwar ...
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Hardback. New. Hoyt's biography, taking advantage of recent posthumous revelations of a Japanese foreign service diplomat, portrays Hirohito as a man of peace held captive by his role in Japanese society and government . ISBN 0275940691 9780275940690 [GB]