Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation

Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation
Author: Edgar A. Porter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789462989733

This book presents an unforgettably honest account of the effects of World War II and the ensuing American occupation in Japan's Oita prefecture, from the perspective of the Japanese citizens who experienced it. Through harrowing firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived in the region, we get a strikingly detailed picture of the dreadful experiences of wartime life in Japan. The interviewees are wide-ranging and include students, housewives, nurses, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. And their collective stories range from early, spirited support for the war on to more reflective later views in the wake of the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids, and finally into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. Detailed archival materials buttress the personal accounts, and the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as felt in a single region of Japan.

Japanese Eyes American Hearts

Japanese Eyes American Hearts
Author: Hawaii Nikkei History Editorial Board
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824821449

Japanese Eyes... American Heart is a rare and powerful collection of personal thoughts written by the soldiers themselves, reflections of the men's thoughts as recorded in diaries and letters sent home to family members and friends, and other expressions about an episode that marked a turning point in the lives of many.

Lost in the Victory

Lost in the Victory
Author: Susan Johnson Hadler
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781574410334

In 1990, Ann Mix began a search to find out about her father, who had been killed in World War II. She eventually met others whose fathers had been killed and discovered that, like her, they had little information about their fathers. As a result, Ann founded the American WWII Orphans Network to locate war orphans and become a despository for sources of information about WWII servicemen who were fathers.

Flights of Passage

Flights of Passage
Author: Samuel Hynes
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780747578116

A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII.

Last Reflections on a War

Last Reflections on a War
Author: Bernard B. Fall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9780811709040

Bernard B Fall was 40 years old when he was killed by a booby trap in northern South Vietnam on February 21, 1967. By the time of his death he had already authored seven books on Vietnam. This book, first published shortly after Dr Fall's death, is a tribute to his life's work. It contains the only known autobiographical account of his life, several previously unpublished articles, notes for 'Street Without Joy Revisited', and transcripts of Dr Fall's tape recordings, including his last recorded words.

Code Girls

Code Girls
Author: Liza Mundy
Publisher: Hachette Books
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0316352551

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.

Reflections on the Commemoration of the First World War

Reflections on the Commemoration of the First World War
Author: David Monger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-08
Genre: War memorials
ISBN: 9780367643041

Historians and heritage professionals assess the First World War's centenary in parts of the former British empire. Did commemoration become celebration? Did the centenary serve social and political functions, create new knowledge, recover marginalised voices, confirm existing clichés? Can its lessons inform future commemorative events?

Reflections on War

Reflections on War
Author: Thean Potgieter
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1920338845

Reflections on War is a comprehensive and objective investigation into the problems of war. The book explores the crucial link between theory, strategy and objectives in war, taking all the evidence and theory into account, and should be of interest to military practitioners, specialists in defence studies, and others interested in military history. Also notable about the work is its ability to draw insights together from international legal theory, management sciences, history, sociology and the political economy of war ? showing due respect for the moral complexities involved in waging war.

If the War Goes On

If the War Goes On
Author: Hermann Hesse
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2013-01-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1466835524

One of the most astonishing aspects of Hesse's career is the clear-sightedness and consistency of his political views, his passionate espousal of pacifism and internationalism from the start of World War I to the end of his life. The earliest essay in this book was written in September 1914 and was followed by a stream of letters, essays, and pamphlets that reached its high point with Zarathustra's Return (published anonymously in 1919, the year that also saw the publication of Demian), in which Hesse exhorted German youth to shake off the false gods of nationalism and militarism that had led their country into the abyss. Such views earned him the labels "traitor" and "viper" in Germany, but after World War II he was moved to reiterate his beliefs in another series of essays and letters. Hesse arranged his anti-war writing for publication in one volume in 1946; an amplified edition appeared in 1949 and that text has been followed for this first English-language edition. In his foreword Hesse describes the heart of the philosophy expressed here: "In each one of these essays I strive to guide the reader not into the world theater with its political problemns but into his innermost being, before the judgment seat of his very personal conscience." This faith in salvation via the Inward Way, so familiar to readers of Hesse's fiction, is persuasively set forth as the answer to questions of war and peace.

George Washington Remembers

George Washington Remembers
Author: George Washington
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780742533721

"George Washington Remembers makes this very personal and little-known document available for the first time and offers a glimpse of Washington in a self-reflective mood - a side of the man seldom seen in his other writings.