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Valley of Darkness

The Japanese People and World War Two

Thomas R H Havens author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:10th Jul '86

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This volume portrays the daily life of ordinary Japanese civilians on the home front during World War Two. Drawing extensively on wartime records and early postwar recollections of people who lived through the war era, the book reveals a surprisingly cohesive society that bore up remarkably well. Originally published by W.W. Norton and Company in 1978.

...a superbly researched account of Japan which shuns melodrama and describes how the war affected the social, political, and cultural life of the Japanese people. -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * The Washington Post *
...an important and well written book of social history. -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Journal of American Academy of Political Social Science *
A pathbreaking exploration... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * CHOICE *
...a pioneering social history... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Library Journal *
...fascinating... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Publishers Weekly *
How wise of you to have given us a paperback edition of this wonderful book) now we can use it in courses to show our students the human side of WW2. I have found it very useful in my research and consider it a very important work in our new effort to see continuities before and since WW2. -- Margaret McKean, Duke University
...a superbly researched account of Japan which shuns melodrama and describes how the war affected the social, political, and cultural life of the Japanese people. -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * The Washington Post *
...an important and well written book of social history. -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Journal of American Academy of Political Social Science *
A pathbreaking exploration... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * CHOICE *
...a pioneering social history... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Library Journal *
...fascinating... -- Margaret McKean, Duke University * Publishers Weekly *

ISBN: 9780819154958

Dimensions: 212mm x 139mm x 19mm

Weight: 404g

296 pages