A Diary of Darkness
The Wartime Diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi
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1998
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00143-2 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
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A document of wartime Japan, it chronicles growing bureaucratic control over everything from the press to people's clothing. It laments the rise of hysterical propaganda and relates the author's and his friends' struggles to avoid arrest. It traces the gradual disintegration of Japan's war effort and the looming certainty of defeat.
"A Diary of Darkness" is one of the most important and compelling documents of wartime Japan. Between 1942 and 1945, the liberal journalist Kiyosawa Kiyoshi (1890-1945) kept at great personal risk a diary of his often subversive social and political observations and his personal struggles. The diary caused a sensation when it was published in Japan in 1948 and is today regarded as a classic. This is the first time it has appeared in English. Kiyosawa was an American-educated commentator on politics and foreign affairs who became increasingly isolated in Japan as militant nationalists rose to power. He began the diary as notes for a history of the war, but it soon became an 'inadvertent autobiography' and a refuge for the bitter criticism of Japanese authoritarianism that he had to repress publicly. It chronicles growing bureaucratic control over everything from the press to people's clothing. Kiyosawa pours scorn on such leaders as Premiers Tojo and Koiso. He laments the rise of hysterical propaganda and relates his own and his friends' struggles to avoid arrest. He writes in gripping detail about increasing poverty, crime, and disorder.
He records the sentiments of the local barber as faithfully as those of senior politicians. And all the while he traces the gradual disintegration of Japan's war effort and the looming certainty of defeat. "A Diary of Darkness" is a perceptive and courageous account of wartime Japan and a revealing record of the devastation wrought by total war.
"A Diary of Darkness" is one of the most important and compelling documents of wartime Japan. Between 1942 and 1945, the liberal journalist Kiyosawa Kiyoshi (1890-1945) kept at great personal risk a diary of his often subversive social and political observations and his personal struggles. The diary caused a sensation when it was published in Japan in 1948 and is today regarded as a classic. This is the first time it has appeared in English. Kiyosawa was an American-educated commentator on politics and foreign affairs who became increasingly isolated in Japan as militant nationalists rose to power. He began the diary as notes for a history of the war, but it soon became an 'inadvertent autobiography' and a refuge for the bitter criticism of Japanese authoritarianism that he had to repress publicly. It chronicles growing bureaucratic control over everything from the press to people's clothing. Kiyosawa pours scorn on such leaders as Premiers Tojo and Koiso. He laments the rise of hysterical propaganda and relates his own and his friends' struggles to avoid arrest. He writes in gripping detail about increasing poverty, crime, and disorder.
He records the sentiments of the local barber as faithfully as those of senior politicians. And all the while he traces the gradual disintegration of Japan's war effort and the looming certainty of defeat. "A Diary of Darkness" is a perceptive and courageous account of wartime Japan and a revealing record of the devastation wrought by total war.
Eugene Soviak is Professor Emeritus of History at Washington University at St. Louis. Kamiyama Tamie is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Language at Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri and Professor of Japanese Area Studies at Obirin University, Japan.
Foreword vii Translators' Note ix Introduction: The Liberal Cornered xi 1942 1 1943 9 1944 129 1945 297 Notes 367 Biographical Guide 371 Index 385
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.12.1998 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Eugene Soviak, Kamiyama Tamie |
| Vorwort | Marius B. Jansen |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 197 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 482 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-00143-X / 069100143X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-00143-2 / 9780691001432 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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