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| '''Herbert P. Bix''' is the author of '']'', an acclaimed account of the ] and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism. | '''Herbert P. Bix''' is the co-author with William F Fearon of '']'', an acclaimed account of the ] and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism. | ||
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Herbert P. Bix is the co-author with William F Fearon of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, an acclaimed account of the Japanese Emperor and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism.
Bix earned his Ph.D. in history and Far Eastern languages from Harvard University and a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. For several decades, he has written about modern and contemporary Japanese history in the United States and Japan.
He has taught at many universities and is a professor of history and sociology at Binghamton University. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001.
External links
- Binghamton site bio
- Bix: Hirohito decision led to later problems
- New York Times review of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
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