Part I - the prince's education, 1901-1921 --
The boy, the family, and the Meiji legacies --
Cultivating an emperor --
Confronting the real world --
Part II - the politics of good intentions, 1922-1930 --
The regency and the crisis of Taisho democracy --
The new monarchy and the new nationalism --
A political monarch emerges --
Part III - his majesty's wars, 1931-1945 --
The Manchurian transformation --
Restoration and repression --
Stalemate and escalation --
Prologue to Pearl Harbor --
The ordeal of supreme command --
Part IV - the unexamined life, 1945-1989 --
Salvaging the imperial mystique --
The quiet years and the legacies of Showa.
From the Book - Updated, reissued with a new introduction.
Part I -- The prince's education, 1901-1921 --
The boy, the family, and the Meiji legacies --
Cultivating an emperor --
Confronting the real world --
Part II -- The politics of good intentions, 1922-1930 --
The regency and the crisis of Taishō democracy --
The new monarchy and the new nationalism --
A political monarch emerges --
Part III -- His majesty's wars, 1931-1945 --
The Manchurian transformation --
Restoration and repression --
Stalemate and escalation --
Prologue to Pearl Harbor --
The ordeal of supreme command --
Part IV -- The unexamined life, 1945-1989 --
Salvaging the imperial mystique --
The quiet years and the legacies of Shōwa.
