Title: Of questionable value.
Product review: The central hypothesis offered by Bix relies on the tenuous application of modern political thought to a country mired in over 1,000 years of xenophobic isolation. There is no doubt that Showa was a deeply complex man who often was in conflict with those around him, but this indictment reads more like a piece of historical revisionist trash best left to line birdcages, cat litter pans and wrapping for fish.This absurdity does little to elucidate the Japanese emperor's culpability during the war years, and is as serious a piece of scholarly work as the nearest supermarket tabloid. Don't waste your time with this tripe.
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