{"product_id":"imperial-japan-and-defeat-in-the-second-world-war-the-collapse-of-an-empire-paperback","title":"Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War: The Collapse of an Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wetzler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Gerteis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as \u003ci\u003eImperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Wetzler \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Research Fellow at the Ostasieninstitut, Germany. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eImperial Tradition and Military Decision Making in Prewar Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eYugamerareta Showa Tennozo. Obei to Nihon no Gokai to Goyaku \u003c\/i\u003e(co-authored with Naomi Moriyama, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786309304608,"sku":"9781350246799","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7cff2276301d83d662ee2e2bbba1e6c2.webp?v=1780631680","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/imperial-japan-and-defeat-in-the-second-world-war-the-collapse-of-an-empire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}