Writing War: Soldiers Record the Japanese Empire

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By William Moore *06

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Harvard University Press) Looking at diaries, memoirs, and letters from soldiers in the Asia-Pacific theater from 1937-1945, Moore argues that these writings were a way of building identity and affirming military duty. Moore is a lecturer in East Asian history at the University of Manchester.

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