💎 Herbert P. Bix Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Based on extensive documentary research, the book offers a critical portrait of one of the most important and controversial figures in twentieth-century Japanese history. Bix's study won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2001.

Particular attention is given to the political and military developments surrounding the Second World War and to Hirohito's position within Japan's imperial system.

HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2000, first edition, 800 p., illustrated, hardcover with original dust jacket. Very good condition.