Re: Happy Hiroshima Day!

Chris Morton <cmorton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:dd57vb0tag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> In article <Xns96AB24162C33CWereofftoseethewizrd@
216.196.97.136>, Gray
> Ghost says...
>
>>I rather suspect (and have no historical documentation for
>>this) that Hirohitho probably wanted out even sooner. He
was
>>more of a civil ruler than a milatarist. He probably felt
the
>>civil population's pain and realized what the end would be
>>after the cities were getting firebombed. I say that
because
>
> Actually, he probably wanted out, but for a very different
reason than
> you suspect. Read the book "Embracing Defeat". He never
gave the
> slightest indication of any real sympathy for his subjects.
However,
> real fear for the continuation of the Imperial institution
was
> expressed around the throne. Public discontent was growing
alarmingly
> immediately before the bombs were dropped. The Imperial
family had a
> strong (and reasonably founded) fear of a grassroots
movement to topple
> the monarchy. Hirohito didn't fear for the demise of his
subjects. He
> feared for the demise of their ruler.
>
>

I can buy that, too. I'll keep an eye out for the book.

Frank
.

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