LEADER 04448nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910462799203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07541-2 010 $a0-674-07539-0 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674075399 035 $a(CKB)2670000000368511 035 $a(EBL)3301307 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886891 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11499460 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886891 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10839002 035 $a(PQKB)10440319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301307 035 $a(DE-B1597)209753 035 $a(OCoLC)843881850 035 $a(OCoLC)853266841 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674075399 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301307 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10713634 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000368511 100 $a20121106d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting war$b[electronic resource] $esoldiers record the Japanese Empire /$fAaron William Moore 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (388 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-05906-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote to the Reader --$tIntroduction: World War, Diary Writing, and the Self --$tCHAPTER ONE: Talk about Heroes --$tCHAPTER TWO: Self- Mobilization and the Discipline of the Battlefield --$tCHAPTER THREE: Assembling the "New Order" --$tCHAPTER FOUR: The Unbearable Likeness of Being --$tCHAPTER FIVE: The Physics of Writing War --$tCHAPTER SIX: The Consequences of Self- Discipline --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography of War Diaries --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aHistorians 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. Any discussion of war responsibility, Moore contends, requires us first to establish individuals as reasonably responsible for their actions. Diaries, in which men develop and assert their identities, prove immensely useful for this task. Tracing the evolution of diarists' personal identities in conjunction with their battlefield experience, Moore explores how the language of the state, mass media, and military affected attitudes toward war, without determining them entirely. He looks at how propaganda worked to mobilize soldiers, and where it failed. And his comparison of the diaries of Japanese and American servicemen allows him to challenge the assumption that East Asian societies of this era were especially prone to totalitarianism. Moore follows the experience of soldiering into the postwar period as well, and considers how the continuing use of wartime language among veterans made their reintegration into society more difficult. 606 $aSoldiers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSoldiers' writings, Chinese$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSoldiers' writings, Japanese$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zChina$vDiaries 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan$vDiaries 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Area$vDiaries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoldiers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSoldiers' writings, Chinese$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSoldiers' writings, Japanese$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.53/52072 700 $aMoore$b Aaron William$f1977-$01046283 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462799203321 996 $aWriting war$92473087 997 $aUNINA