Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (216 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231151462
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023152272X
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9780231151467
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9780231522724
Serie:
Asia perspectives: history, society, and culture
Inhalt:
The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which Japanese forces occupied territory from Alaska to Indonesia was followed by three years of terrible defeat. Nevertheless, until the shattering end of the war, many Japanese continued to believe in the invincibility of their country. But in the diaries of well-known writers--including Nagai Kafu, Takami Jun, Yamada Futaru, and Hirabayashi Taiko--and the scholar Watanabe Kazuo, varying doubts were vividly, though privately, expressed
Inhalt:
The day the war began -- The birth of "Greater East Asia" -- False victories and real defeats -- A dismal New Year -- On the eve -- The jade voice -- The days after -- The revival of literature -- Rejection of the war -- Under the occupation
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index
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In English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Keene, Donald So lovely a country will never perish New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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Keene, Donald 1922-2019
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