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Noriko Kawamura 
Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War 

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This reexamination of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War gives particular attention to the question: If the emperor could not stop Japan from going to war with the Allied Powers in 1941, why was he able to play a crucial role in ending the war in 1945? Drawing on previously unavailable primary sources, Noriko Kawamura traces Hirohito’s actions from the late 1920s to the end of the war, analyzing the role Hirohito played in Japan’s expansion. Emperor Hirohito emerges as a conflicted man who struggled throughout the war to deal with the undefined powers bestowed upon him as a monarch, often juggling the contradictory positions and irreconcilable differences advocated by his subordinates. Kawamura shows that he was by no means a pacifist, but neither did he favor the reckless wars advocated by Japan’s military leaders.

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Table of Content

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1933
2. Crises at Home and Abroad: From the February 26 Incident to the Sino-Japanese War
3. The Road to Pearl Harbor
4. An Uneasy Commander in Chief
5. Imbroglio: Moves to End the War
6. The “Sacred Decision” to Surrender
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Noriko Kawamura is professor of history at Washington State University. She is the author of Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War (University of Washington Press, 2015) and Turbulence in the Pacific: Japanese–U.S. Relations during World War I (Praeger, 2000); and coeditor of Building New Pathways to Peace (University of Washington Press, 2011) and Toward a Peaceable Future: Redefining Peace, Security and Kyosei from a Multidisciplinary Perspective (Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University Press, 2005).
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 248 ● ISBN 9780295806310 ● File size 2.2 MB ● Publisher University of Washington Press ● City Seattle ● Country US ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4852635 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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