Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace

by Ikuhiko Hata, Marius B. Jansen (Editor)

This is a most important new work of Japanese scholarship on Emperor Hirohito, the English edition having been long delayed following the untimely death of distinguished American historian Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with David Noble in the translation of Hata Ikuhiko's original study in Japanese, first published in 1984.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Hata is a Japanese conservative, essayist and historian with a PhD from Tokyo University

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[Alice Jennings · Rating 4 out of 5]

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