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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mauch, Peter (Peter Cameron) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2026].
Subjects:
Tōjō, Hideki, > 1884-1948.
Prime ministers > Japan > Biography.
Generals > Japan > Biography.
Japan > Politics and government > 1912-1945.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Tojo's Youth, 1884-1912
  • The Making of a Political Officer, 1912-1929
  • Shifting Fortunes, 1929-1935
  • Resurrection in Manchukuo, 1935-1938
  • Return to Tokyo, 1938-1939
  • Emergence as Army Minister, 1940
  • Drawing the Battle Lines
  • Redrawing the Battle Lines, April 1941-August 1941
  • The Deadline for War and the Summit Proposal, August-October 1941
  • Leading the Nation to War, October-December 1941
  • The Triumphant Total Warrior, December 1941-December 1942
  • Tojo Challenged, January-December 1943
  • Tojo Overwhelmed, January-July 1944
  • Tojo the Troublemaker, July 1944-August 1945
  • Tojo's Last Stand
  • Conclusion.