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Writing war : soldiers record the Japanese Empire /

Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of World War II in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. This book examines over 200 diaries, and many more letters, postcards, and memoirs, written by Chinese, Japanese, and American...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Aaron William, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 > China > Diaries.
Soldiers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Soldiers' writings, Chinese > History and criticism.
Soldiers' writings, Japanese > History and criticism.
Soldiers' writings, American.
Soldiers' writings, Chinese.
Soldiers' writings, Japanese.
China.
Japan.
Pacific Area.
Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg.
Weltkrieg.
Soldat.
Selbstreflexion.
USA.
1939-1945
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Diaries.
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Summary:Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of World War II in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. This book examines over 200 diaries, and many more letters, postcards, and memoirs, written by Chinese, Japanese, and American servicemen in the Pacific from 1937 to 1945.
Physical Description:vi, 378 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369) and index.
ISBN:9780674059061
0674059069
0674075390
9780674075399