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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 WWII, 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 genius, and the wi...

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Main Author: Mauch, Peter (Peter Cameron) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The 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.
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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.

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