Herbert Bix
|
What did Hirohito really think of Pearl Harbor? On the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack that brought the US into the Second World War, Herbert Bix offers a provocative reassessment of the Showa Emperor's responsibility for the conflict, drawing on his translations from diaries and memoirs of Hirohito and his court circle. Published December 1 1991
|
This Month's Magazine
Newsletter
Subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter:
From The Current Issue
Tim Stanley
|
Dan Jones
|
David Runciman
|
Hywel Williams
|
History Today App
Follow Us
From The Archive
 John Kennedy’s commitment to put a man on the Moon in the 1960s is often quoted – most recently by Gordon Brown – as an inspired civic vision. Gerard DeGroot sees the reality somewhat differently. |
