02896oam 22006134a 450 991096973730332120211004152713.09780295806310029580631110.1515/9780295806310(CKB)3710000000483525(EBL)4305979(SSID)ssj0001555107(PQKBManifestationID)16179883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555107(PQKBWorkID)13062003(PQKB)11444820(Au-PeEL)EBL4305979(CaPaEBR)ebr11137344(CaONFJC)MIL838589(OCoLC)922925863(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81442(MiAaPQ)EBC4305979(Perlego)723811(DE-B1597)725483(DE-B1597)9780295806310(EXLCZ)99371000000048352520150626d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmperor Hirohito and the Pacific WarNoriko KawamuraSeattle :University of Washington Press,2015.©2015.1 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780295995175 0295995173 Includes bibliographical references and index.The aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1933 -- Crises at home and abroad: from the February 26 incident to the Sino-Japanese War -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- An uneasy commander in chief -- Imbroglio: moves to end the war -- The "sacred decision" to surrender.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. World War, 1939-1945JapanElectronic books. World War, 1939-1945940.54/26Kawamura Noriko1955-1799087MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910969737303321Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War4347053UNINA