I chose Mikiso Hane's "Japan: A Short History" because I felt I had a hole in my knowledge about the country. Unfortunately the book fell short.
I had a good idea about twentieth century Japanese history and I hoped to fill in the pre-twentieth century history. Unfortunately the book seemed to skim over the older history and had a more full accounting of the twentieth century period.
Having said this the book was well written and did provide a short history of Japan so I can't fault it for not meeting my more specific expectations. Therefore I gave it four stars out of five on Goodreads. I needed more but for some it might be enough.
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