LEADER 02896oam 22006134a 450 001 9910969737303321 005 20211004152713.0 010 $a9780295806310 010 $a0295806311 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295806310 035 $a(CKB)3710000000483525 035 $a(EBL)4305979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001555107 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16179883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555107 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13062003 035 $a(PQKB)11444820 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4305979 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11137344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL838589 035 $a(OCoLC)922925863 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4305979 035 $a(Perlego)723811 035 $a(DE-B1597)725483 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295806310 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000483525 100 $a20150626d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmperor Hirohito and the Pacific War$fNoriko Kawamura 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780295995175 311 08$a0295995173 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 8 $aThis 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. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.54/26 700 $aKawamura$b Noriko$f1955-$01799087 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969737303321 996 $aEmperor Hirohito and the Pacific War$94347053 997 $aUNINA