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Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of the Second World War in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. Writing War seeks to remedy this imbalance by examining over two hundred diaries, and many more letters, postcards, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Aaron William, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 > China > Diaries.
Soldiers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Soldiers' writings, Chinese > History and criticism.
Soldiers' writings, Japanese > History and criticism.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Pacifique, Région du > Journaux intimes.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Japon > Journaux intimes.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Chine > Journaux intimes.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Social History.
Soldiers' writings, American
Soldiers' writings, Chinese
Soldiers' writings, Japanese
China
Japan
Pacific Area
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Diaries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: World War, diary writing, and the self
  • Talk about heroes: military diaries in the modern world
  • Self-mobilization and the discipline of the battlefield: the battle for Shanghai and northern China
  • Assembling the "new order": reconstitution of self through diary writing
  • The unbearable likeness of being: the transnational phenomenon of self-discipline during the Pacific War
  • The physics of writing war: recording the destruction of the Japanese Empire
  • The consequences of self-discipline: postwar historical memory and veterans' narratives
  • Conclusion: the peril of self-discipline.

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