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Tojo : the rise and fall of Japan's most controversial World War II general / Peter Mauch.

Mauch, Peter (Peter Cameron), (author.).

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"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 will to power that drove him to supreme heights."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780674495197
  • ISBN: 0674495195
  • Physical Description: xii, 492 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2026.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-473) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948.
Prime ministers > Japan > Biography.
Generals > Japan > Biography.
Japan > Politics and government > 1912-1945.
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Informational works.

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