Writing War : : Soldiers Record the Japanese Empire / / Aaron William Moore.
Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of the Second World War in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. Writing War seeks to remedy this imbalance by examining over two hundred diaries, and many more letters, postcards, an...
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Moore, Aaron William, author. Writing War : Soldiers Record the Japanese Empire / Aaron William Moore. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction: World War, Diary Writing, and the Self -- CHAPTER ONE: Talk about Heroes -- CHAPTER TWO: Self- Mobilization and the Discipline of the Battlefield -- CHAPTER THREE: Assembling the "New Order" -- CHAPTER FOUR: Th e Unbearable Likeness of Being -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Physics of Writing War -- CHAPTER SIX: The Consequences of Self- Discipline -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography of War Diaries -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of the Second World War in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. Writing War seeks to remedy this imbalance by examining over two hundred diaries, and many more letters, postcards, and memoirs, written by Chinese, Japanese, and American servicemen from 1937 to 1945, the period of total war in Asia and the Pacific. As he describes conflicts that have often been overlooked in the history of World War II, Aaron William Moore reflects on diaries as tools in the construction of modern identity, which is important to our understanding of history. Any discussion of war responsibility, Moore contends, requires us first to establish individuals as reasonably responsible for their actions. Diaries, in which men develop and assert their identities, prove immensely useful for this task. Tracing the evolution of diarists' personal identities in conjunction with their battlefield experience, Moore explores how the language of the state, mass media, and military affected attitudes toward war, without determining them entirely. He looks at how propaganda worked to mobilize soldiers, and where it failed. And his comparison of the diaries of Japanese and American servicemen allows him to challenge the assumption that East Asian societies of this era were especially prone to totalitarianism. Moore follows the experience of soldiering into the postwar period as well, and considers how the continuing use of wartime language among veterans made their reintegration into society more difficult. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Soldiers' writings, American History and criticism. Soldiers' writings, Chinese History and criticism. Soldiers' writings, Japanese History and criticism. World War, 1939-1945 China Diaries. World War, 1939-1945 Japan Diaries. World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Area Diaries. HISTORY / Social History. HISTORY / Military / World War II. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 9783110317350 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY 2013 9783110317121 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET GESCHICHTE, POLITIKWISS., SOZIOLOGIE 2013 9783110317114 ZDB-23-DPS Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 9783110374889 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package 2013 9783110374902 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674059061 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075399 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674075399.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction: World War, Diary Writing, and the Self -- CHAPTER ONE: Talk about Heroes -- CHAPTER TWO: Self- Mobilization and the Discipline of the Battlefield -- CHAPTER THREE: Assembling the "New Order" -- CHAPTER FOUR: Th e Unbearable Likeness of Being -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Physics of Writing War -- CHAPTER SIX: The Consequences of Self- Discipline -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography of War Diaries -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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