Instant purchase available. Free shipping. Fast shipping. New Book Award Winner 30th Asia-Pacific Award Special Prize Winner The Great War, which claimed the lives of 3.1 million people. In fact, it is estimated that 90% of those casualties occurred after 1944. This book follows the reality of the Asia-Pacific War, especially after the tide of war turned against Japan, from the "perspective and position of the soldiers." Abnormally high rates of starvation, over 300,000 deaths at sea, suicides and "disposals" on the battlefield, special attack units (kamikaze), increasingly inferior replacement soldiers, and material shortages that even led to the use of sharkskin for shoes... The book depicts the reality that Japanese soldiers, often described as brave, were forced to endure horrific experiences under a unique military ideology. [Contents] Introduction Chapter 1: The Prolongation of the Asia-Pacific War Chapter 1: Dying Soldiers - The Reality of the Desperate Resistance Period I 1. Massive deaths from illness and starvation 2. Deaths at sea and special attacks amid the worsening war situation 3. Suicide and "disposals" on the battlefield Chapter 2: War Seen Through the Body - The Reality of the Desperate Resistance Period II 1. Decline in soldiers' physique and physical strength 2. Delayed military response - malnutrition and exclusion 3. The soldiers' ailing minds - fear, fatigue, and guilt 4. Deterioration of clothing and equipment Chapter 3: The Tragic Deaths and Their Historical Background 1. A unique military ideology 2. Fundamental flaws of the Japanese military 3. A latecomer to modernization - the backwardness of capitalism Epilogue: The Deeply Engraved "Scars of War" Afterword "Japanese Soldiers - The Reality of the Asia-Pacific War" Yutaka Yoshida Price: ¥820 #YutakaYoshida #Yutaka_Yoshida #book #history/JapaneseHistory