{"product_id":"japan-at-war-9781565840393","title":"Japan at War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA “deeply moving book” (Studs Terkel) and the first ever oral history to document the experience of ordinary Japanese people during World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a sweeping panorama, \u003cem\u003eJapan at War\u003c\/em\u003e 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” (\u003cem\u003eYomiuri Shimbun\u003c\/em\u003e, Japan).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, American and Japanese readers have turned to \u003cem\u003eJapan at War\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eJapan at War\u003c\/em\u003e is appropriate both as an introduction to those war-ravaged decades and as a riveting reference for those studying the war in the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruko Taya Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283689058555,"sku":"9781565840393","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c2f49a74-8bbe-4718-9d12-5509531eb0d6.jpg?v=1771371513","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/japan-at-war-9781565840393","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}