Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Britain the Iranians got a subtle, misty encouragement. Britain had taken the lead in channeling problems to UNO; it had historic imperial interests in keeping Russia out of the Middle East; it had large oil holdings in south-central Iran. Russia only glowered-until Iran acted. Then the Soviets...
Royal Problems. Also qualifying for the Allied blacklist were at least twelve Imperial Princes, holders of various public offices, who had been members of Japan's armed forces.
The Japanese have a maxim: "Just as there is but one sun in heaven, so there is but one emperor on earth." Six centuries ago the maxim was rudely shattered when rival feudal lords supported a "Southern Emperor" named Go-Daigo and a "Northern Emperor" named Kogon (both members of...
" 'The reigning imperial household,' said Hiromichi, 'has aggressed on me and my rights and on the rest of the world. ... I consider Hirohito a war criminal. MacArthur is heaven's messenger to Japan. . . . My father, who died in 1915, left a will to exert every effort...
Strong Objector. Great Britain, which was neither very worried nor very hopeful about Bretton Woods, was just going to do her damnedest to make Bretton Woods and its related arrangements work well for Britain. Bretton Woods was part & parcel of the larger deal with the U.S. whereby Britain got a...