Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War: The Collapse of an Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350246799)

Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War reveals, Western imagination is often reductive in its explanation of the Japanese Empire and its collapse. In his analysis of the Emperor, Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the Second World War, Peter Wetzler examines the disconnect between nation and state during wartime Japan and in doing so offers a much-needed nuanced and sensitive corrective to existing Western scholarship.

Rooted in the perspective of the Japanese, Wetzler makes available to readers vital primary and secondary Japanese archival sources; most notably, this book provides the first English assessment of the recently-released Actual Record of the Showa Emperor. This book is an important advance in English-language studies of the Second World War in Asia, and is thus essential reading for all those wishing to understand this crucial period in Japanese history.

Author: Peter Wetzler
ISBN-10: 1350246794
ISBN-13: 9781350246799
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d