Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix Read Free Book Online

446, 462, 463, 471
    Boxer Protocol, 9
    Boxer uprising, 9
    Bradley, Omar, 636
    Brines, Russell, 552, 572
    British Malaya, 375, 400, 423–24, 433–34, 436
    brothel scandal, Imperial Diet and, 160, 183
    Buddhists, Buddhism, 30
    Nichiren sect of, 11, 163–64, 168–69
    Bungei shunj , 677
    bureaucratic reform movement, 164
    Bureau of Military Affairs, 46
    Bureau of Shrines and Religion, 31
    Burma, 446, 448, 452, 470, 473, 474–75, 487, 651
    Burma Road, 385, 446
    Burn All, Kill All, Steal All (Sank) , 657
    bushid (way of the warrior), 34, 36, 43, 51–52, 59, 185
    Byrnes, James F., 498, 499, 504, 518–19, 520, 526, 541, 543, 585
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    Cabinet Advisory Council, 503
    Cabinet Intelligence Bureau, 503, 508
    Cabinet Planning Board, 322, 327, 387, 422
    Cabinet Regulations, 34
    Cairo Declaration, 501
    Caroline Islands, 308, 453, 468
    Carter, Jimmy, 681
    Casablanca Conference, 497
    Celebes, 445
    Central Association of Cultural Bodies, 163
    Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 107, 454
    Chang Hsueh-liang, 220, 228, 235, 240–41, 258, 307
    Chang Ku-feng Incident, 348
    Chang Tso-lin, 207, 214, 215–17, 220, 231, 590, 614
    Charter Oath of Five Articles (1868), 63–64, 80, 563, 566
    Chemical Warfare Service (CWS), U.S., 616
    chemical weapons, 349, 361–62, 367, 594, 616–17
    Cherry Blossom Society, 243
    Chiang Kai-shek, 184–85, 241, 272, 286, 306, 307, 323, 332, 339, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 353, 357, 359, 368, 372, 373, 385, 394, 403, 404, 426, 428, 449, 480, 594, 595, 616, 636
    Chicago Daily News, 341
    Chichibu, Prince, 21, 23, 26, 100–101, 283–84, 299, 382, 605
    German alliance favored by, 368
    Hirohito’s relationship with, 25, 300
    on Meiji as grandparent, 24
    secret reports on, 178–79
    China, Imperial, 8–9
    in Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, 33, 70, 74, 210, 280, 432
    China, Nationalist (Kuomintang), 169, 176, 177, 184–85, 205, 209, 214, 219, 220, 223, 224, 228, 250, 272, 285, 309, 347, 396, 444, 495, 559, 599
    in civil war with Communists, 272
    Communist defeat of, 636
    Hirota cabinet policy for, 306–7
    Japanese perception of, 306–7
    Japan’s withdrawal of recognition of, 345
    in Japan-U.S. talks, 428
    Manchuria conflict and, 236, 241, 242, 248, 249, 259
    navy policy for, 311–12
    Tangku truce agreement signed by, 272
    war crimes trials and, 593–95, 614
    see also Chiang Kai-shek; Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45; Taiwan
    China, People’s Republic of, 639, 648, 656, 662, 683
    atomic bomb tested by, 671
    Cultural Revolution in, 671
    Japan’s relations with, 672–73, 681
    in Korean War, 643
    China, Republic of, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15, 54, 68, 70, 92, 135, 146, 147, 148, 150–51, 158
    see also China, Nationalist; Taiwan China Garrison Force, Japanese, 285, 287, 306–7, 321
    China War, see Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45
    Chinda Sutemi, 84, 102, 106, 114, 115, 129, 142, 149, 172, 184, 216
    Chinese Eastern Railway, 272
    Chjiri Kazumoto, 304
    Chry , 579
    Chsh, 100
    Chkron (Central review), 663–64, 665, 666
    Churchill, Winston, 404, 496–97, 500, 501
    Church Times, 111
    City of Corpses (Shikabane no machi ) (ta), 637
    Civil Information and Education Section (CIE), 555–56, 559, 615, 619
    Civilization and Enlightenment movement, 62–63
    â€œCivil Liberties” directive, 551
    Cold War, 3, 17, 508, 616, 624, 637, 646, 684, 686
    Combined Fleet, Japanese, 416, 426, 444, 446, 449, 450, 454, 459, 472, 475, 476, 481
    dissolution of, 553
    Commentaries on the Constitution (Ito), 29
    Commerce and Industry Ministry, Japanese, 177, 539, 588
    Commission on Reparations, 594
    Committee on the Problem of the
    Emperor’s Message, 213
    communism, Communists, 143, 148, 189, 265, 267, 273, 280, 344, 349, 381, 480, 569–70, 576, 594, 600–601, 608, 612, 616
    in Konoe’s conspiracy theory, 488–90, 491
    Communist Party, Chinese, 365, 489, 657
    Communist Party, Japanese, 139, 141, 206, 628, 633, 679
    Conference of