Author - Edward Behr
Year published - 1989
Published by - Vintage Books
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - Biographies, Autobiographies and Diaries
Summary
A crisply written, superbly documented biography of Japan's Emporer Hirohito, who sources include the diaries of a high-ranking official of the imperial court of wartime Japan, giving readers a darker picture of a ruler who adeptly rode the tiger of militarism and then insulated himself from its carnage. 12 pages of black-and-white photographss.
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Author - Edward Behr
Year published - 1989
Published by - Vintage Books
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - Biographies, Autobiographies and Diaries
Summary
A crisply written, superbly documented biography of Japan's Emporer Hirohito, who sources include the diaries of a high-ranking official of the imperial court of wartime Japan, giving readers a darker picture of a ruler who adeptly rode the tiger of militarism and then insulated himself from its carnage. 12 pages of black-and-white photographss.
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