Writing war

Writing war: soldiers record the Japanese Empire

by Moore, Aaron William

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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.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Writing war : soldiers record the Japanese Empire / Aaron William Moore.

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013
  • Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

  • Description:vi, 378 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780674059061, 0674059069, 0674075390, 9780674075399
  • oclc:ocn818293244
  • LC Classification:D767
  • Dewey Decimal:940.53/52072

Table of Contents

Introduction: World War, diary writing, and the self -- Talk about heroes: military diaries in the modern world -- Self-mobilization and the discipline of the battlefield: the battle for Shanghai and northern China -- Assembling the "new order": reconstitution of self through diary writing -- The unbearable likeness of being: the transnational phenomenon of self-discipline during the Pacific War -- The physics of writing war: recording the destruction of the Japanese Empire -- The consequences of self-discipline: postwar historical memory and veterans' narratives -- Conclusion: the peril of self-discipline.

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Subjects

China Criticism, interpretation, etc Diaries Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Japan Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg Journaux intimes Pacific Area Selbstreflexion Soldat Soldiers' writings, American Soldiers' writings, American -- History… Soldiers' writings, Chinese Soldiers' writings, Chinese -- History … Soldiers' writings, Japanese Soldiers' writings, Japanese -- History… USA Warfare and Defence

Writers

Moore, Aaron William

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