"Japan compiles 12,000-page bio of Emperor Hirohito" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2014 10:34 p.m. PST |
"Japan's Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country from going to war, according to Japan's Kyodo News agency. The 12,000-page record says he complained in July 1939 to Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki about the military's "predisposition" as it strengthened its relationship with Germany, Kyodo reported. He also warned against the navy's call for war with the United States, predicting in July 1941 that it would be "nothing less than a self-destructive war." The record also cites U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who led America's postwar occupation of Japan, as saying Hirohito had said he accepted full responsibility for the war…"
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link That's a big book! (smile) Amicalement
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| Phil Gray | 09 Sep 2014 11:18 p.m. PST |
I read somewhere that the Japanese teach high school history by giving each era equal weighting, the relatively slow pce of progression through the early periods means that there's usually no time left in the school year to cover the period we tend to wargame… let alone the precursor expansion in China… usually winds up reaching about 1923-24 then "out of time"… Maybe this is adopting the same approach… cover everything, focus on nothing… |
| MHoxie | 10 Sep 2014 2:18 a.m. PST |
The chapters on the 1940s allude to a "Pacific Incident." |
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