ABSTRACT

This acclaimed work is an extraordinary collection of letters written by a wide cross-section of Japanese citizens to one of Japan's leading newspapers, expressing their personal reminiscences and opinions of the Pacific war. "SENSO" provides the general reader and the specialist with moving, disturbing, startling insights on a subject deliberately swept under the rug, both by Japan's citizenry and its government. It is an invaluable index of Japanese public opinion about the war.

chapter |20 pages

The Road to War

chapter |35 pages

Life in the Military

chapter |39 pages

The China War

chapter |45 pages

The War in the Pacific

chapter |32 pages

The Home Front

chapter |14 pages

The Bombing of Japan

chapter |48 pages

“We Are All Prisoners”

chapter |19 pages

Japan Under Occupation

chapter |14 pages

Reassessment: Causes of War