Pacific War, 1931-1945

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A portrayal of how and why Japan waged war from 1931-1945 and what life was like for the Japanese people in a society engaged in total war.

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"A damning indictmentextensively documentedof Japanese imperialism, discrimination, and barbarity overseas."Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

SABUR IENAGA was born in Nagoya in 1913. He taught at the Tokyo University of Education from 1949 to 1977, and was later named professor emeritus of that institution. He is the author of fifty books; his major works include The Pacific War, 1931-1945;The Development of the Logic of Negation in the History of Japanese Thought; Research on the Ueki Emori; Minobe Tatsukichi, His Life and Thought; and Tanabe Hajime, War and a Philosopher. In 1953, theJapanese Ministry of Educationpublished a textbook by Ienaga, but censored what they said were factual errors and matters of opinion regardingJapanese war crimes. Ienaga undertook a series of lawsuits against the Ministry for violation of his freedom of speech, eventually winning. He was nominated for theNobel Peace Prizein 1999 and 2001 byNoam Chomskyamong others. He died in 2002.