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 月之仙者 2013-08-06 14:44:19
大二的时候读过的
0 有用 碎琉璃 2022-06-17 13:38:14
2022.06.17 13:38 裕仁是战犯，却没有得到审判
0 有用 Puritan 2009-11-29 19:20:57
看了一部分。。
1 有用 黑 2008-04-16 17:02:57
翻译差，编辑更差，还巨贵无比
0 有用 小懒 2024-02-07 22:43:24 安徽
太散乱了
0 有用 E 2024-07-23 12:43:24 北京
写的太琐碎了 所有资料一股脑往里面扔 没有一个主线 思想也不连贯
0 有用 小懒 2024-02-07 22:43:24 安徽
太散乱了
0 有用 ひかり 2023-11-18 13:38:30 重庆
论证所用史料大部分都是左派叙事，并且二手材料太多，对于非虚构历史类书籍来说有失客观，对于真相的挖掘并不像自己标榜的那么深入。不过仍然值得一读，除了对裕仁在日本转向军国主义中所起的作用大小仍有疑虑外，日本整个政府在社会转向狂热的过程中所扮演的角色、军国主义一步一步占领思想高地中的种种事件都让人感到眼熟，结合一战前夜，让人感觉太阳下真是没有新鲜事，此时此刻恰如彼时彼刻
0 有用 Gnoix 2023-02-24 10:36:44 加拿大
希望多些这种摆事实且可读性的历史书能多多获奖
0 有用 碎琉璃 2022-06-17 13:38:14
2022.06.17 13:38 裕仁是战犯，却没有得到审判