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Author
Series
World War II leaders volume 5
Publisher
Abdo and Daughters
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the life of the man who was Emperor of Japan during World War II.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.4 - AR Pts: 50
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix shows what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a...
7) Emperor
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshipped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.