cover image Hirohito: Behind the Myth

Hirohito: Behind the Myth

Edward Behr. Vintage Books USA, $14.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73171-9

``Armed with new evidence, Behr convincingly argues that Hirohito, far from being an innocent tool of the Japanese military, actually sanctioned military expansionism in the 1930s; did little to reverse a tendency toward battlefield confrontation with the U.S.; was fully informed of preparations for the attack on Pearl Harbor; and, in fact, presided over the war to the end,'' argued PW. Photos. (Sept.)