JAPAN'S IMPERIAL CONSPIRACY

'Japan's Imperial Conspiracy' is a nonfiction historical work by David Bergamini. Its subject is the role of Japanese elites in promoting Japanese imperialism and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; in particular, it examines the role of Crown Prince and Emperor Hirohito in the execution of Japan's Imperial conquest, and his role in postwar Japanese society, concluding that the conventional conclusion of historical analyses - that the Imperial household was largely powerless and not culpable or particularly supportive of the imperial adventures, blame for which is assigned to military elites - is mistaken, and that imperialism (and the internal political fighting necessary to gain support for it) was a long-premeditated plan supported by all sectors of elites and especially members of the imperial family; the reason given why the American occupiers allowed the continuance of the institution of the Emperor is that its support was sought for the purposes of fighting Communism and the nearby Soviet Russia. Bergamini draws his conclusion from a variety of sources but gives prominence to his interpretation of various diaries kept by involved figures. His conclusions have not generally been accepted and his data and sources have been questioned.

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