Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies : : Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese /

Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies : : Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese / / Samuel Hideo Yamashita.

The fall of Singapore and the brilliant victories achieved since the start of the war mean we are protected, but I don’t know just how grateful I should be. —Takahashi Aiko, housewife, February 1942This is my final departure from the home islands. I have paid my respects to those who have helped me....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Yamashita, Samuel Hideo,
MitwirkendeR:
Aiko, Takahashi,
Hisako, Yoshizawa,
Ichirō, Manabe,
Mihōko, Nakane,
Seiki, Nomura,
Shōko, Maeda,
Tsunejiro, Tamura,
Yasuo, Itabashi,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.) :; illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. The Pacific War and Ordinary Japanese
  • Japanese Wartime Diaries
  • Two. The Diary of a Navy Special-Attack Pilot
  • Three. Bittersweet: The Wartime and Postwar Diary of an Ordinary Kyoto Person
  • Four. The Diary of a Defeated Japanese Soldier
  • Five. From the Start of the War
  • Until the War Ended
  • Seven. The Diary of a Labor Service Corps Girl
  • Eight. The Diary of a Evacuated Schoolboy
  • The Diary of an Evacuated Schoolgirl
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Autor

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