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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us as we read Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by 
 Herbert P. Bix. Copies are available at the library.\n\nWinner of the Puli
 tzer Prize\n\n“A startling work -- awesomely ambitious\, faultlessly resea
 rched\, daring in its thesis\, and profound in its implications.'  — Busin
 ess Week\n\n'Magnificent. . . . everything a political biography should be
 .'  — Richmond Times-Dispatch\n\nThis rich and powerful biography is now g
 iven fresh relevance with a new introduction by the author that explores h
 ow Hirohito’s legacy persists in Japan to this day\, and how US foreign po
 licy in the region in the last ten years is informed by our troubled past 
 with Japan and with Hirohito as a ruler specifically.\n\nTrained since chi
 ldhood to lead his nation as a living deity\, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito cul
 tivated the image of a reluctant\, detached monarch\, a façade which maske
 d a fierce cunning and powerful ambition. Historian Herbert P. Bix has une
 arned hundreds of previously untapped documents including the unpublished 
 letters and diaries of Hirohito’s royal court\, tracing the key events of 
 his sixty-three-year reign (1926 – 1989)\, and shedding light on his uniqu
 ely active yet self-effacing stewardship. Debunking the common image of Hi
 rohito as a pawn in the hands of the military\, Bix exposes the emperor’s 
 personal involvement in every stage of the Pacific War. With rare insight\
 , he shows how Hirohito avoided punishment for his nation’s defeat and how
  the Japanese people have struggled to come to terms with this dark chapte
 r in their history.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by H
 erbert P. Bix. Copies are available at the library.\n\nWinner of the Pulit
 zer Prize\n\n“A startling work -- awesomely ambitious\, faultlessly resear
 ched\, daring in its thesis\, and profound in its implications.'  — Busine
 ss Week\n\n'Magnificent. . . . everything a political biography should be.
 '  — Richmond Times-Dispatch\n\nThis rich and powerful biography is now gi
 ven fresh relevance with a new introduction by the author that explores ho
 w Hirohito’s legacy persists in Japan to this day\, and how US foreign pol
 icy in the region in the last ten years is informed by our troubled past w
 ith Japan and with Hirohito as a ruler specifically.\n\nTrained since chil
 dhood to lead his nation as a living deity\, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito cult
 ivated the image of a reluctant\, detached monarch\, a façade which masked
  a fierce cunning and powerful ambition. Historian Herbert P. Bix has unea
 rned hundreds of previously untapped documents including the unpublished l
 etters and diaries of Hirohito’s royal court\, tracing the key events of h
 is sixty-three-year reign (1926 – 1989)\, and shedding light on his unique
 ly active yet self-effacing stewardship. Debunking the common image of Hir
 ohito as a pawn in the hands of the military\, Bix exposes the emperor’s p
 ersonal involvement in every stage of the Pacific War. With rare insight\,
  he shows how Hirohito avoided punishment for his nation’s defeat and how 
 the Japanese people have struggled to come to terms with this dark chapter
  in their history.
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SUMMARY:Read Around the World Book Club: Hirohito and the Making of Modern 
 Japan by Herbert P. Bix
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