American Shogun: MacArthur, Hirohito and the American Duel with Japan - Couverture rigide

Harvey, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719564840 ISBN 13 : 9780719564840

Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Physical description; 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 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. Today's partnership between modern Japan - now Asia's most well-developed. Subjects; MacArthur, Douglas, -- 1880-1964. Hirohito, -- Emperor of Japan, -- 1901-1989. United States. -- Army -- Biography.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the mid-nineteenth century on, America and Japan were caught in an extraordinary political, military and economic duel. This clash was characterised by a cultural incompatibility that was to haunt the negotiations of their two leaders, Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur.

Hirohito was a remarkable man. Diffident, uncharismatic and apparently obtuse, he survived as god-ruler of Japan for six decades through internal strife, war, defeat, occupation and economic victory. But Hirohito met his equal in MacArthur. Brash and domineering, MacArthur merited the honorary Japanese epithet shogun or 'army leader' for his almost single-handed six year rule over Japan.

In this absorbing dual biography Robert Harvey traces their tense and complex relationship. His broad scope encompasses two great nations in war and peace - a momentous period of history which provides illuminating insight into American actions across the world today.

Revue de presse :

Exhilarating and wildly enjoyable (Simon Sebag-Montefiore on LIBERATORS)

No one makes historical narrative move with more energy and ?lan than Robert Harvey (Scotsman on COMRADES)

Harvey wields his pen like a sabre, slashing with gusto at cant and received wisdom as he leads an exhilarating charge into history (Sunday Telegraph on A FEW BLOODY NOSES)

Stirring history, in which heroism and tragedy are brought together on an epic scale (James Fergusson on LIBERATORS)

Pacy ... engaging and brisk in its broad sweep (Daily Telegraph on COMRADES)

'A masterful account ... there are many lessons in this excellent, readable book' (Robin Neillands)

'History at its best ... showing us just how important an understanding of the past is to an understanding of the future' (Niall Barr)

'Fascinating to anyone with an interest in the Second World War' (Simon Heffer, Country Life)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719564840
• ISBN 13: 9780719564840
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480