"Updated with a new introduction"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-787) and index.
Contents:
The quiet years and the legacies of Shōwa. The boy, the family, and the Meiji legacies -- Cultivating an emperor -- Confronting the real world -- Part II -- The politics of good intentions, 1922-1930 -- The regency and the crisis of Taishō democracy -- The new monarchy and the new nationalism -- A political monarch emerges -- Part III -- His majesty's wars, 1931-1945 -- The Manchurian transformation -- Restoration and repression -- Holy war -- Stalemate and escalation -- Prologue to Pearl Harbor -- The ordeal of supreme command -- Delayed surrender -- Part IV -- The unexamined life, 1945-1989 -- A monarchy reinvented -- The Tokyo trial -- Salvaging the imperial mystique -- The quiet years and the legacies of Shōwa.
Summary:
A biography of the Japanese emperor reveals a powerful man who successfully cultivated an image of a reluctant king while manipulating important events behind the scenes for five decades.
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