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Currently reading The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 by John Toland. It was recommended by somebody on these forums (probably in the military history thread over at A/T), and while it's not the freshest book on the subject, having been published already in 1970, it's still very interesting and comprehensive.
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Conduit for Sale! posted:What is the focus of this book? Is it a history of the military campaigns of the Japanese, or does it deal more with the social aspects of the war and how the Japanese people dealt with and were affected by the war? I'm hoping it's the latter, because that's always much more interesting to me. The main focus is on the political and military aspects of the war (campaigns, backstage machinations, etc.), but the stories of regular people are also told, both soldiers (and especially on the Japanese side) civilians. To quote the back cover blurb, it weaves "together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific". Having nearly finished it myself, I'd certainly recommend it.
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