Showa Tenno No Senso "Showa Tenno Jitsuroku" Ni Nokosareta Koto Kesareta Koto (Iwanami Gendai Bunko Gakujutsu 469)

[Machine Translation] Is the image that many people have of the Showa Emperor - a pacifist who was deeply troubled by the military's arbitrary and arbitrary actions but finally saved Japan from destruction with his "Sacred Declaration" - really true? This book, written by a leading scholar of the Showa period, presents the real image of the Emperor who led and promoted the Asia-Pacific War as a "Grand Marshal" by reading the "True Record of the Showa Emperors" in light of conventional knowledge. The book also includes supplementary chapters examining new materials such as "The Emperor's Witness Account" and "Hyakutake Saburo's Diary".

軍部の独断専行に心を痛めつつ、最後は「聖断」によって日本を破滅の淵からすくった平和主義者―多くの人が昭和天皇に対して抱くイメージははたして真実だろうか。昭和天皇研究の第一人者が従来の知見と照らし合わせながら「昭和天皇実録」を読み解き、「大元帥」としてアジア太平洋戦争を指導・推進した天皇の実像を明らかにする。『昭和天皇拝謁記』や『百武三郎日記』などの新資料もあわせ検証した補章を付す。