Herbert Bix

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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 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...	View these reviews in summary mode Herbert Bix Message Board 3/14/2005 1:48:50 PM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Bix has written!