The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan's Role in World War IIA 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. |
Contents
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Authoritarian and Irrational | 33 |
THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR AND | 55 |
A Clash of Political Values | 97 |
Japan Extends the War to the Pacific | 123 |
The Horrors of | 181 |
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aggression air raids Allied American antiwar areas Army Minister Asahi Gurafu Asahi Shimbun Asia attack August authorities battle bungaku Bungei cabinet Chinese civilian commander Communist death defeat diary Eighth Route Army emperor enemy fighting Gendai Greater East Asian Hayashi Hiroshima History Ienaga Imperial Army Ishiwara Ishiwara Kanji islands Japa Japan Japanese army Japanese forces Japanese military Japanese troops jihen jiken kaisō Kempeitai Kido Koichi killed kiroku Konoe Korea Kwantung Army labor leaders Mainichi Mainichi Shimbun Manchukuo Manchuria Manchurian Incident Manshū Meiji ment Ministry Minobe Tatsukichi Mongolia movement Mukden Nationalist navy nese Nihon nikki nisshi North China officers okeru Okinawa Pacific Pacific War party peace political popular postwar Premier prisoners resistance Saburō senki senshi senso Shakai Shōwa soldiers Soviet Union staff surrender Taiheiyo Takami Jun tion Tōjō Tokyo unit victory wartime watakushi women Yomiuri Shimbun