Certain Victory: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media (Japan and the Modern World) de Earhart, David C

New. This unique window on history employs hundreds of images and written records from Japanese periodicals during World War II to trace the nation's transformation from a colorful, cosmopolitan empire in 1937 to a bleak "total war" society facing imminent destruction in 1945. The author draws upon his extensive collection of Japanese wartime publications to reconstruct the government-controlled media's narrative of the war's goals and progress - thus providing a close-up look at how the war was shown to Japanese on the home front. Many of these visual and written sources are rare in Japan and were previously unavailable in the West. Strikingly, the narrative remains consistent and convincing from victory to retreat, and even as defeat looms large. Earhart's nuanced reading of Japan's wartime media depicts a nation waging war against the world and a government terrorizing its own people. At once informed, scholarly, and readily accessible, this lavishly… Leer más

M E Sharpe Inc, 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 529 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Looks at how the war was shown to Japanese on the home front. This work depicts a nation waging war against the world and a government terrorizing its own people. It offers a representation of the official Japanese narrative of the war in contemporary terms.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Employs hundreds of images and written records from Japanese periodicals during World War II to trace the nation's transformation from a colorful, cosmopolitan empire in 1937 to a bleak "total war" society facing imminent dest

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

M E Sharpe Inc, 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 529 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches.