Yoshimi Yoshiaki ; translated and annotated by Ethan Mark
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 347 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Weatherhead books on Asia
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-327) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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From democracy to fascism -- Hopes and misgivings regarding the war -- The people's war -- On the battlefields of China -- Grassroots fascism -- The roots of fascism -- The agents and receptors of fascism -- The situation of the Japanese in the occupied areas -- Departing for and journeying to the front in the Asia-Pacific war -- Ranking the people -- The Asian war -- The illusion of Indonesia -- Burma's meteor shower -- In the Philippine countryside -- Back on the China front -- Democracy from the battlefield -- Fascism developing cracks -- Overcoming the collapse of the state
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"A profile of the Asia Pacific War, the most important and still the least understood experience of Japan and Asia's modern history--as seen and lived by ordinary Japanese"--Provided by publisher
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Kusa no ne no fashizumu.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fascism-- Japan-- History-- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, Japanese