[Hirohito & the making of modern Japan]

International Journal | October 1, 2001| | Copyright

ASIA

Reviews by Steven Lee, University of British Columbia

Herbert P. Bix

New York: Random Perennial, 2001, xi, 814pp, $27.50, ISBN 0-0609-3130-2

This book sets out to alter the perception that Japan's Emperor Hirohito was a simple figure-head of the governments that led Japan into wars against China and the West. Indeed, Bix demonstrates that Hirohito supported policies that expanded the empire and consolidated an anti-democratic and anti-liberal form of authoritarian regime in Japan. Central to Bix's argument is the idea that Hirohito sought to maintain, protect, and preserve the Japanese ...

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