Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two / Edition 1

by Thomas R. H. Havens

Overview

This volume portrays the daily life of ordinary Japanese civilians on the home front during World War Two. Drawing extensively on wartime records and early postwar recollections of people who lived through the war era, the book reveals a surprisingly cohesive society that bore up remarkably well. Originally published by W.W. Norton and Company in 1978.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819154958
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/10/1986
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	296
Sales rank:	728,397
Product dimensions:	5.48(w) x 8.36(h) x 0.73(d)

What People are Saying About This

Margaret McKean

How wise of you to have given us a paperback edition of this wonderful book) now we can use it in courses to show our students the human side of WW2. I have found it very useful in my research and consider it a very important work in our new effort to see continuities before and since WW2.

Editorial Reviews

...a superbly researched account of Japan which shuns melodrama and describes how the war affected the social, political, and cultural life of the Japanese people.

The Washington Post - Margaret McKean

...an important and well written book of social history.
— Margaret McKean, Duke University

Journal of American Academy of Political Social Science

...an important and well written book of social history.
— Margaret McKean, Duke University

Journal Of American Academy Of Political Social Science

...a superbly researched account of Japan which shuns melodrama and describes how the war affected the social, political, and cultural life of the Japanese people.
— Margaret McKean, Duke University

The Washington Post

A pathbreaking exploration...
— Margaret McKean, Duke University

Choice

...a superbly researched account of Japan which shuns melodrama and describes how the war affected the social, political, and cultural life of the Japanese people.--Margaret McKean, Duke University "The Washington Post "

A pathbreaking exploration...--Margaret McKean, Duke University "CHOICE "

...a pioneering social history...--Margaret McKean, Duke University "Library Journal "

From the Publisher

How wise of you to have given us a paperback edition of this wonderful book) now we can use it in courses to show our students the human side of WW2. I have found it very useful in my research and consider it a very important work in our new effort to see continuities before and since WW2.

Margaret McKean