![]() | Writing War Subjects: 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’ wri; 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, and memoirs, written by Chinese, Japanese, and American servicemen from 1937 to 1945, the period of total war in Asia and the Pacific. As he describes conflicts that have often been overlooked in the history of World War II, Aaron William Moore reflects on diaries as tools in the construction of modern identity, which is important to our understanding of history. Moore Aaron William : Aaron William Moore is Lecturer in East Asian History at the University of Manchester. |
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