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发表于2024-11-03
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In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix shows what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status. Influenced by an unusual combination of the Japanese imperial tradition and a modern scientific worldview, the young emperor gradually evolves into his preeminent role, aligning himself with the growing ultranationalist movement, perpetuating a cult of religious emperor worship, resisting attempts to curb his power, and all the while burnishing his image as a reluctant, passive monarch. Here we see Hirohito as he truly was: a man of strong will and real authority.
Supported by a vast array of previously untapped primary documents, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan is perhaps most illuminating in lifting the veil on the mythology surrounding the emperor's impact on the world stage. Focusing closely on Hirohito's interactions with his advisers and successive Japanese governments, Bix sheds new light on the causes of the China War in 1937 and the start of the Asia-Pacific War in 1941. And while conventional wisdom has had it that the nation's increasing foreign aggression was driven and maintained not by the emperor but by an elite group of Japanese militarists, the reality, as witnessed here, is quite different. Bix documents in detail the strong, decisive role Hirohito played in wartime operations, from the takeover of Manchuria in 1931 through the attack on Pearl Harbor and ultimately the fateful decision in 1945 to accede to an unconditional surrender. In fact, the emperor stubbornly prolonged the war effort and then used the horrifying bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, together with the Soviet entrance into the war, as his exit strategy from a no-win situation. From the moment of capitulation, we see how American and Japanese leaders moved to justify the retention of Hirohito as emperor by whitewashing his wartime role and reshaping the historical consciousness of the Japanese people. The key to this strategy was Hirohito's alliance with General MacArthur, who helped him maintain his stature and shed his militaristic image, while MacArthur used the emperor as a figurehead to assist him in converting Japan into a peaceful nation. Their partnership ensured that the emperor's image would loom large over the postwar years and later decades, as Japan began to make its way in the modern age and struggled -- as it still does -- to come to terms with its past.
Until the very end of a career that embodied the conflicting aims of Japan's development as a nation, Hirohito remained preoccupied with politics and with his place in history. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan provides the definitive account of his rich life and legacy. Meticulously researched and utterly engaging, this book is proof that the history of twentieth-century Japan cannot be understood apart from the life of its most remarkable and enduring leader.
比克斯,1938年出生于美国马萨诸塞州。哈佛大学历史学及东洋语言学博士。长期从事日本近现代史研究。1997-2001年,曾行日本一桥大学大学院社会学研究科教授,现为纽约州立大学教授。
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评分然而麦帅高瞻远瞩不是这种眼光低级的白左能理解的
评分然而麦帅高瞻远瞩不是这种眼光低级的白左能理解的
评分然而麦帅高瞻远瞩不是这种眼光低级的白左能理解的
评分然而麦帅高瞻远瞩不是这种眼光低级的白左能理解的
我得实话实说。我读的是该书的英文版,中文版从来没有看过,所以该评论是针对英文版来说的。 我从小就被灌输日本侵华战争是一小撮军国主义分子搞出来的,大部分人都是被骗了,天皇只是一个木偶摆设,没有任何实权。但日本对外的扩张其实有其社会制度机理上的深刻内因...
评分信息量不大,煌煌一大本,就讲了一句话:裕仁有罪。美国人之所以保他,原因有二:想在战后尽可能顺利接管日本,天皇下台,怕国民抵抗。其次二战之后紧接着美苏冷战,美国人忙着要扶植日本,作为亚洲冷战先锋,兹事体大,以往罪过先放放。直到今天,日本国民拒不认罪,与此干系...
评分我得实话实说。我读的是该书的英文版,中文版从来没有看过,所以该评论是针对英文版来说的。 我从小就被灌输日本侵华战争是一小撮军国主义分子搞出来的,大部分人都是被骗了,天皇只是一个木偶摆设,没有任何实权。但日本对外的扩张其实有其社会制度机理上的深刻内因...
评分首先,书名是骗大家来看书用的。 封面的英文已经交代了 英文名应该是《 裕仁和现代日本的建立》, 而中文名不但缩小了原著的宏大立意,而且采用畅销书的操作手法,实在很小器。 至于书的内容没有什么新奇, 从未接触过日本历史或者只有单方面信息来源的人可以一看。
评分我得实话实说。我读的是该书的英文版,中文版从来没有看过,所以该评论是针对英文版来说的。 我从小就被灌输日本侵华战争是一小撮军国主义分子搞出来的,大部分人都是被骗了,天皇只是一个木偶摆设,没有任何实权。但日本对外的扩张其实有其社会制度机理上的深刻内因...
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024