Japan at War: An Oral History / Edition 1

Japan at War: An Oral History / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1565840399
ISBN-13:
9781565840393
Pub. Date:
10/01/1993
Publisher:
New Press, The
ISBN-10:
1565840399
ISBN-13:
9781565840393
Pub. Date:
10/01/1993
Publisher:
New Press, The
Japan at War: An Oral History / Edition 1

Japan at War: An Oral History / Edition 1

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Overview

A “deeply moving book” (Studs Terkel) and the first ever oral history to document the experience of ordinary Japanese people during World War II

“Hereafter no one will be able to think, write, or teach about the Pacific War without reference to [the Cooks’] work.” —Marius B. Jansen, Emeritus Professor of Japanese History, Princeton University

This pathbreaking work of oral history by Haruko Taya Cook and Theodore F. Cook was the first book ever to capture the experience of ordinary Japanese people during the war and remains the classic work on the subject.

In a sweeping panorama, Japan at War takes us from the Japanese attacks on China in the 1930s to the Japanese home front during the inhuman raids on Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, offering glimpses of how the twentieth century’s most deadly conflict affected the lives of the Japanese population. The book “seeks out the true feelings of the wartime generation [and] illuminates the contradictions between the official views of the war and living testimony” (Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan).

For decades, American and Japanese readers have turned to Japan at War for a candid portrait of the Japanese experience during World War II in all its complexity. Featuring essays that contextualize the oral histories of each tumultuous period covered, Japan at War is appropriate both as an introduction to those war-ravaged decades and as a riveting reference for those studying the war in the Pacific.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781565840393
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 10/01/1993
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 496
Sales rank: 397,918
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x (d)

About the Author

Haruko Taya Cook is Fordham Marymount Professor Emerita in history at Marymount College of Fordham University. She lives in New York City.

Theodore F. Cook is a professor of Japanese history at William Paterson University. He lives in New York City.
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