Japan's War Hirohito’s Holy War Against the West

<p><b>''A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war'' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL</b><br><b><br>''T</b><b>his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an appalling war'' NICK HEWER</b><br><b><br>A new perspective on Japan during the Asia-Pacific War, using remarkable first-hand Japanese source material.</b><br><br>Even 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. <br><br>The 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. <br><br>Japan 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. <br><br>By going back to the origins of modern Japan, and by using only Japanese accounts, <i>Japan''s War: Hirohito''s Holy War against the West</i> offers a powerful account of the conflict and explains in detail why the Japanese conducted the war in the way that they did.</p>