{"product_id":"japans-war-hirohito-s-holy-war-against-the-west","title":"Japan's War: Hirohito s Holy War Against the West","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an appalling war' NICK HEWER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new perspective on Japan during the Asia-Pacific War, using remarkable first-hand Japanese source material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven after eighty years since the end of a conflict that killed thirty-five million people, there remains deeply-felt bitterness and anger about the way the Asia-Pacific War was fought, especially by the Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war in the East stretched from Hawaii to India - with Japanese forces attacking Singapore, China and Malaysia, as well as bombing the north coast of Australia. The Allied forces, led by the US, waged an island-by-island counteroffensive that eventually saw the invasion of the Japanese homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan has been vilified for the countless examples of its cruelty to civilians and prisoners of war. These criticisms have led to a backlash in Japan, where many deny that the accusations are true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy going back to the origins of modern Japan, and by using only Japanese accounts, Japan's War: Hirohito's Holy War against the West offers a powerful account of the conflict and explains in detail why the Japanese conducted the war in the way that they did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildfire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46456161763499,"sku":"9781472295224","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/3732\/9579\/files\/9781472295224.jpg?v=1776304673","url":"https:\/\/notjustbooks.com.au\/products\/japans-war-hirohito-s-holy-war-against-the-west","provider":"Not Just Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}