Showa: An Inside History of Hirohito's Japan by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Showa: An Inside History of Hirohito's Japan

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

330 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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Showa, Japanese for 'radiant peace', was the name given to Emperor Hirohito's reign at his accession in 1926. This was the beginning of a significant period of growth of militarism, the Pacific war and the phenomenal post-war economic expansion of...

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