Eloquent first-hand accounts of the hitherto untold experiences of the Japanese at warA real eye-opening myth breaker'powerful, eloquent, hideous and remarkably candid recollections.A superb book' New York Times Book Review'This deeply moving book.is, in essence, a portrait of the lunacy of war itself, as Goya might have painted it' Studs Terkel'One of the essential books about World War II' Philadelphia Inquirer'This wonderful book gives the reader entry into the minds of Japanese survivors of WWII.Hereafter no one will be able to think, write, or teach about the Pacific War without reference to [this] work' Marius B. Jansen, Princeton University'A poignant picture of what WWII meant to Japanese people. Informed, nuanced, many-sided, vivid - an impressive achievement.' Ezra Vogel, Harvard University'The stories recorded.provide insight into the confounding complexity of extreme human behaviour during the war.

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