The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family
The main entrance to the Kyoto Palace, ancient home of the Japanese imperial family, is called the Door to Heaven. How the emperors fell from heaven is a story that crosses two world wars, the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the American occupation of Japan, and Japan's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the Second World War.
In an authoritative new biography that is also a compelling narrative, Sterling Seagrave reveals the secret history of Japan's imperial family, from Emperor Meiji in 1852 to the present day. The author's research has brought to light new evidence that points at the implicit involvement of Hirohito in the war crimes of the Second World War. Also revealed for the first time is the full scale of the Japanese looting operation, and America's complicity in keeping Hirohito on the throne at the cost of complete exoneration from all culpability in war crimes.
Sterling Seagrave takes us behind the walls of privilege and tradition and reveals in uncompromising detail the true nature of a dynasty shrouded in myth and legend.
