Contents
Translator’s Note vii
Preface to the English Edition xi
Preface xiii
PART 1: WHY WAS THE WAR NOT PREVENTED? 1
Chapter 1: Misconceptions about China and Korea 3
Chapter 2: Thought Control and Indoctrination 13
Chapter 3: The Military: Authoritarian and Irrational
33
PART 2: THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR AND THE RESULT
55
Chapter 4: The Beginning: Aggression in China 57
Chapter 5: The War in China: A Clash of Political
Values 75
Chapter 6: The War at Home: Democracy Destroyed 97
Chapter 7: Japan Extends the War to the Pacific 129
Chapter 8: The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: Liberation
or Exploitation? 153
Chapter 9: The Horrors of War 181
Chapter 10: Dissent and Resistance: Change from Within
203
Chapter 11: Defeat 229
CONCLUSION 241
Note: Changing Japanese Views of the War 247
Notes 257
Index 305
SABURŌ IENAGA was born in Nagoya in 1913. He taught at the Tokyo University of Education from 1949 to 1977, and was later named professor emeritus of that institution. He is the author of fifty books; his major works include The Pacific War, 1931-1945;The Development of the Logic of Negation in the History of Japanese Thought; Research on the Ueki Emori; Minobe Tatsukichi, His Life and Thought; and Tanabe Hajime, War and a Philosopher. In 1953, theJapanese Ministry of Educationpublished a textbook by Ienaga, but censored what they said were factual errors and matters of opinion regardingJapanese war crimes. Ienaga undertook a series of lawsuits against the Ministry for violation of his freedom of speech, eventually winning. He was nominated for theNobel Peace Prizein 1999 and 2001 byNoam Chomskyamong others. He died in 2002.
"A damning indictment—extensively documented—of Japanese imperialism, discrimination, and barbarity overseas." —Kirkus Reviews
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