Francis Pike è uno storico e giornalista la cui vasta carriera lo ha portato in Asia, dove ha trascorso due decenni come stratega economico e politico. Questa esperienza immersiva gli ha conferito una profonda comprensione degli affari globali, collegando il contesto storico con le dinamiche economiche e politiche contemporanee. La sua scrittura riflette questa prospettiva unica, offrendo spunti derivati dalla sua consulenza a istituzioni finanziarie e governi. Il lavoro di Pike è caratterizzato dalla sua sofisticata analisi e dalla sua ampia visione internazionale.
New in paperback. Asia - with four billion people, almost two-thirds of the world's population, a huge landmass and the fastest-growing economies - has transformed the geopolitical global balance. This title gives a dramatic narrative account of how this 'Modern Asia' came into being.
In his magisterial 1,208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a 'blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral Yamamoto; the role of China, Great Britain and Australia; military and naval technology; and the need for the fire-bombing of Japan and the eventual use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hirohito's War is accompanied by additional online resources, including more details on logistics, economics, POWs, submarines and kamikaze, as well as a 1930-1945 timeline and over 200 maps.