Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

250–51
    Shirani Takeshi, 97
    Shiratori Kurakichi, 62, 70–76, 77, 80, 85, 87
    on Japanese-Korean relationship, 74–75
    kokutai as viewed by, 70–71
    national history textbook of, 70–73
    Shiratori Toshio, 352
    Shirer, William L., 497–98
    Shizuoka shinbun, 658
    Shda Michiko, see Michiko, empress of Japan
    Shoku Nihongi (Chronicle of Japan), 39
    Shsangwar plan, 494
    Shotwell, James T., 134
    Shwa emperor, see Hirohito, emperor of Japan
    Siam, 68
    Siberia, 152–53
    Siberian Expedition, 45, 51
    Sicily, 465
    Singapore, 107, 110, 376, 434, 436, 446
    Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, 33, 70, 74, 210, 280, 432
    Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45, 317–57, 439, 448–49, 470, 480, 485, 492–93, 528
    advance south policy and, 375–79
    Anglo-Japanese relations and, 352–54, 367, 368, 373, 374, 376, 378, 380–81, 383–84, 385
    annihilation campaigns in, 365–67
    anti-guerrilla campaign in, 346–47, 365–67
    biological weapons used in, 351, 362–64, 367
    bombing campaign in, 346–47
    casualties in, 332, 346–47, 367
    Chang Ku-feng Incident in, 348
    chemical weapons used in, 349, 361–62, 376, 616–17
    China’s currency problem and, 352–53
    deadlocked, 347, 351, 357, 392–93, 396
    escalation of, 320–21, 323, 367–68
    German alliance issue and, 350, 351, 352–53, 356, 357
    German-Soviet pact and, 354, 357, 368–69
    Germany’s war successes and, 355–57, 367–68, 369
    GgOperation in, 449, 460
    Hirohito as supreme commander in, 327, 329–31
    Hirohito’s involvement and support for, 318–19, 321, 322–26, 338–39, 344–46, 348, 356, 359–60, 367, 368, 371–72
    Hirohito’s role in expansion of, 376–79
    as holy war, 326–27
    â€œHundred Regiments” campaign in, 365–66
    Ichigoffensive in, 474, 487
    imperial conferences device in, 328–29
    imperial way and, 326
    informal briefings ( nais ) in, 331–32
    international situation and expansion of, 367–68
    Japanese High Command structure in, 327–30
    Japanese war aims in, 325–26, 349–50
    Kido-Hirohito relationship and, 371
    Konoe’s three principles and, 349–50
    liaison conferences device and, 327–28
    Marco Polo Bridge incident in, 317–20
    media and, 320–21, 335–36, 337, 340, 349
    Mikasa mission and, 474
    Nanking “rape” in, 333–36, 340–41, 367
    â€œNew Order” declaration and, 347–50
    Panay incident in, 340–42
    peace negotiations and, 343–45, 372, 492–93
    prisoners of war maltreated in, 332–34, 359–60
    Shanghai Incident in, 323
    Soviet-Japanese border clashes and, 318–19, 320, 321, 351
    strategic bombing campaign in, 364–65
    Trautmann peace mediation in, 343–45
    Tripartite Pact and, 380–84
    Tungchow massacre in, 322
    turning of tide in, 487–88
    U.S.-Japanese relations and, 353–55, 357, 364, 367, 368, 373–74, 375, 376, 377–81, 383, 385, 424–25, 428
    Wang regime and, 347–48, 350, 372, 404, 429, 473–74
    war crimes and atrocities in, 332–36, 340–41, 360–61, 614, 616–17
    Wuhan offensive in, 348–49, 361
    Smith, Bradley, 555
    Smythe, Lewis, 337
    Socialist Party, Japanese, 633, 667, 679, 682
    Society for Political Education, 62
    Society of Masterless Samurai (Roninkai), 98
    Shylabor federation, 661
    Solomon Islands, 446, 450, 455, 457–62, 466, 471–72, 477
    Southern Army, Chinese, 215
    South Manchurian Railway Company, 95, 207, 235, 242, 244, 266, 318, 492
    Southwest Pacific Command, U.S., 582
    Soviet Union, 13, 135, 141, 146, 150, 151, 169, 265, 267, 272, 307, 308, 309, 311, 320, 321, 325, 344, 348, 356, 368, 369, 377, 381, 397–98, 426, 444, 453, 474, 476, 497, 503, 511, 520, 521, 588, 600–601, 616, 639, 648, 656–57, 681–82, 684, 686
    Far Eastern Army of, 259, 265
    first atomic bomb test of, 636
    German