Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
2000 biography of Hirohito, written by Herbert P. Bix From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2000 biography of Hirohito, written by Herbert P. Bix From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan is a book by Herbert P. Bix covering the reign of Emperor Shōwa of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. It won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.[1]
Much of the information in the book was uncovered by Japanese people who worked with Bix, but publishing companies and press in Japan at the time chose not to reveal the information. Bix stated that he did not want the book to be used as a weapon against the Japanese people.[2]
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