Japan at War

Japan at War
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Publisher : Phoenix
Total Pages : 479
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ISBN-10 : 184212238X
ISBN-13 : 9781842122389
Rating : 4/5 (389 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Japan at War by : Haruko Taya Cook

Download or read book Japan at War written by Haruko Taya Cook and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2000 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately three million Japanese died in a conflict that raged for years over much of the globe, from Hawaii to India, Alaska to Australia, causing death and suffering to untold millions in China, southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, as well as pain and anguish to families of soldiers and civilians around the world. Yet how much do we know of Japan's war?In a sweeping panorama, Haruko Taya and Theodore Cook take us from the Japanese attacks on China in the 1930s to the Japanese home front during the devastating raids on Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offering the first glimpses of how this violent conflict affected the lives of ordinary Japanese people.'Oral History of a compellingly high order.' Kirkus Reviews'This book seeks out the true feelings of the wartime generation [and] illuminates the contradictions between official views of the war and living testimony.' Yomiuri Shimbun


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