大和王朝。日本皇室的秘密历史

 大和王朝。日本皇室的秘密历史

斯特林-西格雷夫, 佩吉-西格雷夫

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日本皇室的古老家园--京都宫的主要入口被称为天国之门。皇帝们是如何从天堂坠落的，这个故事跨越了两次世界大战、广岛和长崎的轰炸、美国对日本的占领，以及日本从第二次世界大战的灰烬中凤凰涅槃。

在这本权威性的传记中，《宋朝》的畅销书作者斯特林-西格雷夫和佩吉-西格雷夫将大和王朝从1852年明治天皇至今的不安历史展现出来。这里首次披露了日本抢劫行动的全部规模，代号为Kin No Yuri（"金百合"）--该行动在二战期间有系统地从十几个被占领国家运走了价值数十亿美元的黄金、铂金、钻石、艺术品、宗教文物和其他珍品--以及这些隐藏资产在1945年之后的命运。

凭借数十年的研究，西格雷夫夫妇揭示了金百合和该家族长期统治的其他秘密，如明治维新导致的警察国家；导致日本20世纪20年代经济崩溃的愚蠢行为；迫使数十万工人阶级女孩卖淫的贪婪；明治教条的破坏性影响，该教条声称皇室是神的后裔，是不可战胜的；以及金钱而不是神道如何成为日本的国家宗教。

大和王朝》中最重要的启示之一是日本自二战以来是如何转型的。战后，日本的 "官方 "财政状况非常糟糕，似乎这个国家可能永远无法从破产和破坏中恢复过来。然而，今天的日本是世界上最富有的国家之一。在《大和王朝》中，西格雷夫夫妇揭露了令人震惊的幕后操纵，使日本实现了惊人的全面复苏--以及美国的参与确保了其成功。 西格雷夫夫妇提供了文件证据，说明前总统胡佛和麦克阿瑟将军如何与裕仁天皇勾结，欺骗世界，使其认为战争使日本破产，从而使东京免于支付赔款，美国的投资将保持安全。大和王朝》展示了这种对美国自身利益的促进如何挫败了在日本建立真正民主的任何希望，并剥夺了战争受害者的任何赔偿，而像胡佛和麦克阿瑟这样的权势人物却将巨额资金收入囊中。

大和王朝》以毫不妥协的细节展示了事实，并提出了关于王朝统治在新千年中的作用的重要问题，讲述了隐藏在屏幕后面的有权势的人的故事--这些幕府将军和金融家在阴影中控制着王位。它将读者带到特权和传统的围墙后面，揭示了一个笼罩在神话和秘密中的王朝的真实性质。

The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family

Sterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave

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The main entrance to the Kyoto Palace, ancient home of the Japanese imperial family, is called the Door to Heaven. How the emperors fell from heaven is a story that crosses two world wars, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American occupation of Japan, and Japan's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the Second World War.

In this authoritative biography, Sterling Seagrave, bestselling author of The Soong Dynasty, and Peggy Seagrave bring to light the uneasy history of the Yamato Dynasty, from Emperor Meiji in 1852 to the present day. Revealed here for the first time is the full scale of the Japanese looting operation, code-named Kin No Yuri ("Golden Lily") --which systematically removed billions of dollars' worth of gold, platinum, diamonds, art, religious artifacts, and other treasures from a dozen occupied countries during World War II--and the fate of these hidden assets after 1945.

Drawing on decades of research, the Seagraves reveal Golden Lily and other secrets of the family's long reign, such as the police state resulting from the Meiji restoration; the folly that led to Japan's 1920s economic crash; the greed that forced hundreds of thousands of working-class girls into prostitution; the devastating effects of the Meiji dogma, which asserts that the imperial family is of divine descent and infallible; and how money--not Shinto--became the state religion of Japan.

Among the most important revelations in The Yamato Dynasty is how Japan has transformed itself since World War II. After the war, Japan's "official" financial status was so dismal it seemed the nation might never recover from bankruptcy and devastation. Yet today Japan is one of the world's richest nations. In The Yamato Dynasty, the Seagraves expose the shocking backstage manipulations that enabled Japan's astonishing full recovery--and the American involvement that ensured its success. The Seagraves provide documentary evidence of how former President Hoover and General MacArthur colluded with Emperor Hirohito to deceive the world into thinking the war had bankrupted Japan, so that Tokyo would be exonerated from paying reparations and American investments would remain secure. The Yamato Dynasty shows how this promotion of American self-interest thwarted any hope of establishing true democracy in Japan, and denied war victims any compensation, while powerful figures like Hoover and MacArthur pocketed huge sums.

Presenting the facts in uncompromising detail and raising important questions about the role of dynastic rule in the new millennium, The Yamato Dynasty tells the story of the powerful men hidden behind the screen--the shoguns and financiers who control the throne from the shadows. It takes readers behind the walls of privilege and tradition to reveal the true nature of a dynasty shrouded in myth and secrecy.