Writing war: soldiers record the Japanese Empire

by Moore, Aaron William

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard Univ. Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

Notes

Bibliogr. S. [363] - 369

The Physical Object

Description:VII, 378 Seiten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674059061, 0674059069
oclc:ocn930894006
LC Classification:D767
Dewey Decimal:940.53/52072

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.

Subjects

China Criticism, interpretation, etc Diaries Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Journaux … Japan 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 Weltkrieg World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Diaries. -- Chi…