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Japan at War an Oral History by Harruko Taya & Theordore F Cook Soft Cover
Japan at War an Oral History by Harruko Taya & Theordore F Cook
Soft Cover
479 pages
Copyright 1992
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSvii
INTRODUCTION TO A LOST WAR3
PART ONE An Undeclared War21
1 / BATTLE LINES IN CHINA29
A Village Boy Goes to War NOHARA TEISHIN29
Pictures of an Expedition TANIDA ISAMU [1]35
Qualifying as a Leader TOMINAGA SHOZO [1]40
Gas Soldier TANISUGA SHIZUO44
2 / TOWARD A NEW ORDER47
"War means jobs for machinists." KUMAGAYA TOKUICHI47
"I wanted to build Greater East Asia." NOGI HARUMICHI [1]50
Manchurian Days FUKUSHIMA YOSHIE [1]56
Dancing into the Night HARA KIYOSHI61
Bringing the Liberals to Heel HATANAKA SHIGEO [1]64
PART TWO Have -Faith in Victory"69
3 / DECEMBER 8, 194177
"My blood boiled at the news." ITABASHI KOSHU77
"I heard it on the radio." YOSHIDA TOSHIO78
On Admiral Yamamoto's Flagship NODA MITSUHARU81
In a Fighter Cockpit on the Soviet Border MOGAMI SADAO [1]83
Sailing South MASUDA REIJI [1]86
A Failure of Diplomacy KASE TOSHIKAZU90
4 / GREATER EAST ASIA95
Cartoons for the War YOKOYAMA RYUICHI [1]95
Building the Burma-Siam Railroad ABE HIROSHI [1]99
Keeping Order in the Indies NOGI HARUMICHI [2]105
"Korean Guard" KASAYAMA YOSHIKICHI113
5 / THE EMPEROR'S WARRIORS121
Maker of Soldiers DEBUN SHIGENOBU121
"As long as I don't fight, I'll make it home." SUZUKI MURIO127
Zero Ace SAKAI SABURO135
6 / "DEMONS FROM THE EAST"145
Army Doctor YUASA KEN145
Spies and Bandits UNO SHINTARO151
Unit 731 TAMURA YOSHIO158
PART THREE Homeland169
7 / LIFE GOES ON177
The End of a Bake Shop ARAKAWA HIROYO177
Burdens of a Village Bride TANAKA TOKI181
Dressmaker KOSHINO AYAKO184
8 / WAR WORK187
Making Balloon Bombs TANAKA TETSUKO187
Forced Labor AHN JURETSU192
Poison-Gas Island NAKAJIIMA YOSHIMI199
9 / WIELDING PEN AND CAMERA203
Filming the News ASAI TATSUZO203
War Correspondent HATA SHORYU
Reporting from Imperial General Headquarters KAWACHI UICHIRO [1] 213
10 / AGAINST THE TIDE221
Thought Criminal HATANAKA SHIGEO [2]222
"Isn't my brother one of the 'War Dead'?" KIGA SUMI 227
11 / CHILDHOOD 231
Playing at War SATO HIDEO 231
12 / ART AND ENTERTAINMENT 240
"I loved American movies." HIROSAWA EI240
Star at the Moulin Rouge SUGAI TOSHIKO248
"We wouldn't paint war art." MARUKI IRI AND MARUKI TOSHI253
PART FOUR Lost Battles259
13 / THE SLAUGHTER OF AN ARMY267
The "Green Desert" of New Guinea OGAWA MASATSUGU267
Soldiers' Deaths OGAWA TAMOTSU276
"Honorable Death" on Saipan YAMAUCHI TAKEO281
14 / SUNKEN FLEET293
Lifeboat MATSUNAGA ICHIRO293
Transport War MASUDA REIJI [2] 300
15 / "SPECIAL ATTACK"305
Volunteer YOKOTA YUTAKA 306
Human Torpedo KOZU NAOJI313
Bride of a Kamikaze . ARAKI SHIGEKO319
Requiem NISHIHARA WAKANA327
PART FIVE 'One Hundred Million Die Together-337
16 / THE BURNING SKIES343
"Hiroko died because of me." FUNATO KAZUYO343
At the Telephone Exchange TOMIZAWA KIMI AND KOBAYASHI HIROYASU 349
17 / THE WAR COMES HOME TO OKINAWA354
Student Nurses of the "Lily Corps" MIYAGI KIKUKO354
"Now they call it 'Group Suicide.' " KINJO SHIGEAKI363
Straggler OTA MASAHIDE [1]367
18 / IN THE ENEMY'S HANDS373
White Flag KOJIMA KIYOFUMI373
19 / "A TERRIBLE NEW WEAPON"382
Eight Hundred Meters from the Hypocenter YAMAOKA MICHIKO 384
A Korean in Hiroshima SHIN BOK SU387
Five Photographs of August 6 MATSUSHIGE YOSHITO391
"Forgetting is a blessing." KIMURA YASUKO395
PART SIX The Unresolved War401
20 / REVERSALS OF FORTUNE 407
Flight FUKUSHIMA YOSHIE [2] 407
From Bandung to Starvation Island IITOYO SHOGO411
"The Army's been a good life." TANIDA ISAMU [2]416
21 / CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS420
Death Row at Changi Prison ABE HIROSHI [2]420
"They didn't tell me." FUJII SHIZUE427
22 / THE LONG SHADOW OF DEATH432
The Emperor's Retreat YAMANE MASAKO 432
"My boy never came home." IMAI SHIKE438
23 / REFLECTIONS
Teaching War - IENAGA SABURO441
Meeting at Yasukuni Shrine KIYAMA TERUMICHI 447
Lessons MOGAMI SADAO [2]453
A Quest for Meaning OTA MASAHIDE [2]458
24 / ENDINGS
Homecoming TOMINAGA SHOZO [2]482
The Face of the Enemy SASAKI NAOKATA468
Imperial Gifts for the War Dead KAWASHIMA EIKO469
Royalties YOKOYAMA RYCICHI [2]471
"I learned about the war from Grandma." MIYAGI HARUMI472
The Occupiers KAWACHI UICHIRO [2]477
Back at the Beginning HAYASHI SHIGEO478
ON THE BACK COVER
"One of the essential books about World War II" (Philadelphia Inquirer), japan at War is a pathbreaking work of oral history that was the first ever to capturein either Japanese or Englishthe experience of ordinary Japanese people during the war. From the Japanese attacks on China in the 1930s to the Japanese home-front during the inhuman raids on Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, Haruko Taya Cook's and Theodore Cook's acclaimed book eloquently shows how the past century's most violent conflict affected the lives of the Japanese population. Moving and unforgettable, Japan at War should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the particular Japanese experience and, in the words of master oral historian Studs Terkel, the larger "lunacy of war itself, as Goya might have painted it."
"Powerful, eloquent, hideous, and remarkably candid recollections. . . . [A] superb book."-The New York Times Book Review
"A poignant picture of what World War II meant to Japanese people. Informed, nuanced, many-sided, vividan impressive achievement."-Ezra Vogel, Harvard University
"Japan at War provide [s] insight into the confounding complexity of extreme human behavior during the war." San Fracisco Chronicle
"Oral history of a compellingly high order."-Kirkus Reviews
HARUKO TAYA COOK is Fordham Marymount Professor Emerita in history at Marymount College of Fordham University. THEODORE F. COOK is a professor of Japanese history at William Paterson University.
Cover photographs by Yosuke Yamahata, August 10,194
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