The Japanese Empire Disaster

The book demonstrates that even if during the first period of the Shwa era (1931-1945) the real driving force to war was the Japanese military Hirohito as supreme commander gave full support to the army. On multiple occasions as an emperor he sanctioned many government policies. Accordingly he was responsible for the war and for the atrocities that the Japanese troops committed in Asia during the Pacific War. Japans Empire Disaster is a book of information and training; a reference document that should be read as an educational tool on the history of the modernization of Japan and the war launched by Emperor Meiji and Hirohito to build Japan Empire in the Pacific and East Asia. The book shares the view of the author on Hirohitos responsibility on the events that marked Japans entry into the war that began when Japanese troops invaded Manchuria on September 19 1931 and culminated with Japans surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.