Writing war : soldiers record the Japanese Empire / Aaron William Moore.

Author: Moore, Aaron William, 1977-

Edition Statement:First edition.

Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]

Descriptionvi, 378 pages ; 25 cm

Note:Includes some primary source material.

Note:Introduction: World War, diary writing, and the self -- Talk about heroes: military diaries in the modern world -- Self-mobilization and the discipline of the battlefield: the battle for Shanghai and northern China -- Assembling the "new order": reconstitution of self through diary writing -- The unbearable likeness of being: the transnational phenomenon of self-discipline during the Pacific War -- The physics of writing war: recording the destruction of the Japanese Empire -- The consequences of self-discipline: postwar historical memory and veterans' narratives -- Conclusion: the peril of self-discipline.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369) and index.

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