简介：Remarkablenewseries‘RiseAndFallOfTheJapaneseEmpire'exploresJapan'sambitiousbutdestructiveattemptstoleadthewholeofAsiaoutfromtheshadowofEuropeanandAmericandominance.Recountingtheeventsofthemostsignificantglobalconflictinthehistoryofmankindanditsequallydramaticaftermath,thistwo-partspecialinvestigatesnewandchallenginginsightsintoabattlethatshapedtheAsia-Pacificregion.Fromtheexpansionitssphereofinfluencein1895,withtheinstallationofapuppetgovernmentinKorea,tothedestructionofPearlHarbour,discoverhowJapan'sburgeoningpowerinAsiasoonbroughtitintodirectconflictwiththeWestculminatingintheatomicbombattacksonHiroshimaandNagasaki.FocusingonthetraumassufferedbytheKorean,Chinese,SouthEastAsianandJapanesepeopleastheylivedthroughfourdecadesofbloodyconflict,thiscompellingdocumentarytellsthedramaticstoryofaproudandambitiouswarriornation,whichultimatelypaidaterriblepriceforitsaudacity.…