Author: SHIROYAMA, SABURO
Title: War Criminal: The Life and Death of Hirota Koki
Description: Japan, Kodansha International. 1977, First English. (ISBN: 0870112759) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Koki Hirota , 1878-1948, Japanese statesman. He became prime minister, 1936, and followed army dictates, 1937-38 he foreign minister and president of the cabinet planning board under Fumimaro Konoye. In 1945 he negotiated to keep the USSR from declaring war on Japan. After the war he was arrested as a war criminal, and in 1948 he was convicted and hanged. His sentence remains controversial because he had opposed the Japanese intervention in China and was forced out of office for a number of years by the military. CONDITION Beige cloth (clean and unworn) 301 pages with b/w photos. Beautifully produced edition in unworn DJ which is slightly faded to spine o/w as new condition. Overweight. Fine/Fine.

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