Warlord: Tojo Against the World - Hardcover

A revelatory portrait of an Axis kingpin whose intriguing story has been overlooked. Kirkus Readers will get a clear picture of what led Japan into war and of Tojo's place in it. Library Journal Hoyt fills a longstanding gap in the popular history of the Pacific theater with this biography. Booklist The life, career, and fall of Japan's leading warlord of World War II unfolds at a brisk pace in Edwin Hoyt's succinct yet detailed biography. He has been a longtime resident of Japan and is one of the most prolific and engaging historians writing today. This revealing book is highly relevant to any study of the 1939-1945 global holocaust because it opens a clear window on what led Japan to war and Tojo's role in it. World War II History

Edwin P. Hoyt, author of Japan's War, The GI's War, and Hitler's War (all of which are published by Cooper Square Press), and Inferno: The Firebombing of Japan, March 9-August 15, 1945 (published by Madison Books), lives in Tokyo, Japan.