The Pacific War, 1931-1945 by Saburō Ienaga

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A portrayal of how and why Japan waged war from 1931-1945 and what life was like for the Japanese people in a society engaged in total war.

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Artymedon 166 reviews

The Author, a Japanese Professor, was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Price. A different perspective shows that the Pacific Theater was more peripheral to the control of China's natural resources. Ienaga depicts a Japanese Militaro-Industrial-Academic complex well in control with few left to resist its expansionist hawks.

Jan 17, 2010

neomarxisme 115 reviews

Sobering account of Japanese atrocities in WWII across Asia, written by a Marxist scholar.

Feb 22, 2007