163 pages. Footnotes, index, front DJ flap price clipped. Name of previous

163 pages. Footnotes, index, front DJ flap price clipped. Name of previous owner present. Foreword by Carol Gluck. In this landmark exploration, one of Japan's most widely-read historians looks back over the past 70 years of his country's history. Examining the momentous changes that occurred during Emperor Hirohito's long reign (1926-1989), Irokawa reveals how the changing role of the imperial system affects Japanese life today. With the death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989, the so-called Showa era in Japanese history came to an end. With access to documents and source material previously unavailable, the history of Showa--not just its triumphs, but its many failures as well--could be written.