Terasaki Hidenari, Pearl Harbor, and Occupied Japan - A Bridge to Reality

Informationen zum Autor Roger B. Jeans is Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of History Emeritus at Washington and Lee University. Klappentext This book sheds light on Japanese intelligence and propaganda activities in the United States prior to Pearl Harbor, Japanese attempts to use American isolationists and pacifists in 1941, and Japanese and American efforts to save Emperor Hirohito from being tried as a war criminal during the U.S. occupation of Japan. It utilizes the American cracking of the Japanese diplomatic code, FBI surveillance and wiretapping records, and the personal papers of Americans with whom Terasaki Hidenari had contact to conclude that he wanted peace between the United States and Japan in 1941 and worked to preserve the imperial institution following the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. Beginnings Chapter 3 2. Washington, 1941 Chapter 4 3. Countdown to War Chapter 5 4. Last Hope for Peace Chapter 6 5. Interlude Chapter 7 6. Imperial Servant Chapter 8 7. Purge Survivor Chapter 9 Epilogue: Myth and History

Product details

• Authors: Roger B Jeans, Roger B. Jeans, Jeans Roger B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780739134009
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3400-9
• No. of pages: 275
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Second World War, Asian History, Espionage & secret services, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General