Showa 1944–1953

A History of Japan

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536 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2014 by Drawn & Quarterly.

ISBN:
978-1-77046-162-8
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OCLC Number:
867897649

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"The third volume of [the author's] ... encyclopedic account of Japan before and after World War II. Drawing from his own experiences as a foot soldier in the Pacific Islands and from the greater sweep of history's footprints, it is a chilling antiwar document and an intimate revelation of the destruction left in the wake of the atomic bombs."--Page 4 of cover.

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reviewed Showa 1944–1953 by Shigeru Mizuki (Showa: A History of Japan)

I only wish this had felt less timely

Whew. This volume really brings home the grotesqueness of war in general and Japan's war in particular. It was already gut-wrenching to read, and then just a week after finishing it it suddenly felt very topical. Will we ever learn?

Subjects

  • Social life and customs
  • Comic books, strips
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • History

Places

  • Japan