Research Catalog

Title

Hirohito : the Shōwa Emperor in war and peace / Ikuhiko Hata ; edited by Marius B. Jansen.

Author

Hata, Ikuhiko, 1932-

Publication

Folkestone, Kent, UK : Global Oriental, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jansen, Marius B.

Description

xxviii, 272 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• "This is a new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan's leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author and translator of the original Japanese edition (Hirohito Tenno itsutsu no ketsudan, first published in 187 and republished in 1994), it was inevitable that there would be a delay in publication of the English edition, which is finally now available."
• "In offering a view on the merits of Hata's research, Jansen points to the hitherto unknown plots (in parallel but unrelated) by both the Army and the Navy to preserve, and if necessary resuscitate, the imperial line in the event the victors decided to depose Hirohito. Jansen also points to the merits of Hata's particular focus on the contribution Hirohito made to Japan in its post-war relations with the United States. Jansen added substantive notes to help place the author's material in historical and historiographical perspective."
• "This book, which is not a biography or a general history of the Showa era, focuses on five decisions taken by Emperor Hirohito, which the author considers the key turning points of his reign: these concern the 26 February 1936 insurrection of young army officers, the termination of the Pacific War, the post-war constitution, the issue of abdication and the San Francisco Peace Treaty."--Jacket.

Subject

• Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
• Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
• Hirohito Japan, Kaiser 1901-1989
• Hirohito (Japan, Kaiser)
• 1926-1989
• Geschichte 1936-1952
• Geschichte 1901-1989
• Emperors > Japan
• Emperors
• Politics and government
• Politik
• Japan > History > Shōwa period, 1926-1989
• Japan > Politics and government > 1926-1989
• Japan

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Emperor Hirohito and the February 26 Army uprising -- The decision to end the war -- Schemes for survival of the imperial line -- One thousand letters that saved the emperor -- Emperor Hirohito is not to abdicate -- The Emperor Hirohito in war and peace-- confrontations with MacArthur .

ISBN

• 1905246358
• 9781905246359

OCLC

• ocm74969346
• 74969346
• SCSB-14477547

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library