Tojo : the rise and fall of Japan's most controversial World War II general /
Japan's prime minister and top military general during World War II, Hideki Tojo is today associated above all with the ignominy of defeat. Yet, before his downfall, he was a brilliant, ambitious and at times ruthless political operator. Peter Mauch chronicles Tojo's story, his military ge...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
[2026].
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| Summary: | Japan's prime minister and top military general during World War II, Hideki Tojo is today associated above all with the ignominy of defeat. Yet, before his downfall, he was a brilliant, ambitious and at times ruthless political operator. Peter Mauch chronicles Tojo's story, his military genius and the will to power that drove him to supreme heights. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674495197 0674495195 |