American Shogun
American Shogun: MacArthur, Hirohito and the American Duel with Japan Robert Harvey,
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 0719564999
Edition: Paperback; 2007-03-22
Summary:
In the years and months leading up to Pearl Harbor, Japan was
becoming the most industrialized state in Asia, as well as the
repository of a martial heritage that fueled imperial ambitions of
conquest and hegemony. Across the Pacific, the United States was
emerging from the depression and again growing into its role as a
global power. TodayÂ’s partnership between modern Japan and the
United States was forged by the confrontation, and finally the
reconciliation, of these two competing agendas and cultures in World
War II, a drama that was defined by two men: General Douglas
MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito. Under celebrated historian Robert
Harvey's scrutiny, these two iconographic figures are brought into
full relief, producing a nuanced narrative as well as a revealing
portrait of these extraordinary figures. American Shogun delivers a
remarkable account of the vast divide that led to war, and to the
unforeseen commonality that helped develop a lasting peace.
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