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An intimate history of the lives of ordinary Japanese during World War II. Among others readers are introduced to housewives in provincial cities struggling to feed their families while supporting the war effort, a conscript who endured the harshest and most abusive training imaginable, and a Kyoto octogenarian whose inability to contribute to the war effort leads him to contemplate suicide.

Daily Life in Wartime Japan 1940 1945

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      Publisher: University Press of Kansas
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/02/2017
      ISBN13: 9780700624621, 978-0700624621
      ISBN10: 0700624627

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      Book Synopsis
      An intimate history of the lives of ordinary Japanese during World War II. Among others readers are introduced to housewives in provincial cities struggling to feed their families while supporting the war effort, a conscript who endured the harshest and most abusive training imaginable, and a Kyoto octogenarian whose inability to contribute to the war effort leads him to contemplate suicide.

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