Showa: The Age of Hirohito
- ISBN-10
- 0802769667
- ISBN-13
- 9780802769664
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- New York : Walker
- Authors
- Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
Description
A biography of the Japanese emperor who began his long reign as a divine ruler and, after the devastating defeat of World War II, accepted his new role as "symbol of the state" and watched over the re-birth of Japan as a leader in the world.
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