Introduction; Chapter 1 The making of the Sh?wa Emperor; Chapter 2 Japanese aggression and the limits of imperial influence, 1926–1933; Chapter 3 The challenge of Sh?wa Restoration radicalism, 1931–1937; Chapter 4 The Emperor and war, 1937–1940; Chapter 5 World war and the imperial will, 1941–1945; Chapter 6 The Emperor and the Occupation, 1945–1952; Chapter 7 The politics of imperial symbolism, 1952–1970; Chapter 8 The Emperor and the imperial institution in late Sh?wa Japan, 1970–1989; Conclusion;
Stephen S. Large is Reader in Modern Japanese History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He has published widely in his subject.
"At last . . . a sound, readable, well researched and balanced book
about the late Emperor has been produced. Dr. Large is to be
congratulated on this welcome contribution to the study of modern
Japanese history. It should be a standard work for all students of
the Showa period."
-Sir Hugh Cortazzi, "Proceedings of the Japan Society
"Stephen Large's persuasively even-handed biography makes it clear
that Hirohito's advisers misled him from the start."
-"The Guardian
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