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"Basing his work on newly released documents and Japanese sources, Bix strongly suggests in this 2000 publication that Hirohito took a much more active role in planning and pursuing the Pacific War than was hitherto supposed, but that his desire to hold onto the throne dovetailed with the plans of MacArthur, whose team worked hard to avoid having the emperor tried for war crimes. Currently a professor at Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of Social Sciences, the author also declares that the US firebombing of Japanese cities was immoral, and intimates that the atomic bombs were unnecessary for ending the war."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- king/queen/emperor
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Japanese
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
War/Cloak & Dagger story?
- Led as politician
War/Spying
Yes
Royalty bio
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Which war?
- World War II
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- long lived adults
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Japanese
Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
- Pacific Islands
- China
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
Air?
Yes
Air:
- warplane
City?
Yes
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- war
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- somewhat unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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