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Tojo - Softcover

Browne, Courtney

 
9780306808449: Tojo
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0306808447 ISBN 13: 9780306808449
Verlag: Da Capo Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

General, minister of war, prime minister, and unrepentant ultranationalist, Hideki Tojo (1884–1948) was the most powerful leader in the Japanese government during World War II. From October 1941 to July 1944 he held unquestioned control, advocating and setting in motion the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as pushing forward the Japanese offensives in China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. The author examines Tojo's life against the backdrop of increasing Japanese militarism—Civil war, political assassinations, and coup d'états—and uses exclusive interviews with Tojo's wife to illuminate the spartan, single-minded, incorruptible personality of the man who chose war rather than succumb to U.S.–induced economic strangulation. From the initial victories, through the later severe defeats and Tojo's resignation, to his thwarted suicide attempt, trial as a war criminal, and execution, no other book offers such a clear and compelling portrait.

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In addition to having served as a British major in India, Burma, and China during World War II, Courtney Browne (1915–1994) had a deep knowledge of, and many personal encounters with, Japan. He was a member of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force; a witness to the War Crimes Trials; one of the few foreigners to win the confidence of Tojo's wife; and a resident of Japan for a decade.

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Verlag
Da Capo Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0306808447
ISBN 13 
9780306808449
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
294
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