A major concern of this book is Hirohito's failure to publicly acknowledge his own moral, political, and legal accountability for the long war fought in his name and under his active direction, both as head of state and supreme commander. Hirohito did not abdicate when disaster came, for he believed himself to be a monarch by divine right, and the indispensable essence of the Japanese state. He lacked all consciousness of personal responsibility for what Japan had done abroad and never once admitted guilt for the war of aggression that over thirteen years and eleven months cost so many lives. Believing that his debt was to his imperial ancestors, he resolved to rebuild the empire to whose destruction he himself had contributed so much. American policy and the Cold War helped him to remain ... (查看原文)
Above all koso koso (こうそこうそう 皇祖皇宗) expressed Hirohito's sense of himself as a ruler who had inherited the spiritual authority of his dead ancestors, and was more morally accountable to them than he was to his subjects, who after all were not the source of his authority but rather its objects. Acknowledging responsibility to his imperial ancestors rather than to his "subjects" would always be a significant feature of Hirohito's character. (查看原文)
Very helpful to understand Japan history and reflective on current political challenges Japan government faces both domestically and on international issues. Even though Shōwa era has long passed, Japan had to continue its heavy burden for refusing the con...
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王丽萍 译者
Claire-Corning
Harper Perennial2001版
0 有用 asako 2013-08-12 00:43:04
05年时适逢二战终战60周年，书店里上了很多有关书籍，我的这本书就是当时购得的。最近安倍玩得这么high，是时候重读一遍了。
1 有用 glibc 2012-08-08 23:30:28
看得到他的野心、激情、狡黠和无奈。
0 有用 琴川游子 2013-03-04 12:11:46
欲了解明治维新至二战结束前的日本天皇制度的同学，就一定要看这本书。他会彻底颠覆你头脑里之前所形成的固有顾念。之前很多不可理解的概念也会豁然开朗。这本书决对可以开拓读者的视野，以一种全新的角度去审视裕仁天皇。
0 有用 伊西力安 2015-03-12 16:42:32
颠覆了裕仁消极被动的天皇形象，战前的故事似乎更容易理解了
1 有用 黑 2008-04-16 17:02:57
翻译差，编辑更差，还巨贵无比