Book · 2001 · History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
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And for the time being today we're discussing uh this book you recommended to me uh Hirohito and the making of modern Japan by Herbert Pix.
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Dwarkesh Patel And for the time being today we're discussing uh this book you recommended to me uh Hirohito and the making… 3
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“And for the time being today we're discussing uh this book you recommended to me uh Hirohito and the making of modern Japan by Herbert Pix.”
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“So here of modern Japan mentions it. The Americans were quite outraged by it because it was the uh what would be called the neutral China principle.”
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“The reason that these Japanese soldiers are dying is so that the idea is instead of an unconditional surrender, we'll try to like uh we'll try to show the the West that we can we can basically sustain um we can basically sustain this kind of uh war for a long time even if we're going to lose.”
Pradyu Prasad So anyways the book was was well written towards the end poorly written towards the the start. I think ther… 1
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“So anyways the book was was well written towards the end poorly written towards the the start. I think there the difference between a collection of events and a biography is a story and there was no story at the start.”
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“Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Pradumna Prasad about the book Hirohito and the making of modern Japan by Herbert P. Vixs.”
Passing
“So I read Hiito, I read Embracing Defeat. I read Japan prepared for Total War. I read Mark Harrison's The Economics of World War II.”