Japan's War

<p><b>'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL</b></p><p><b>'This extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an appalling war' NICK HEWER</b></p><p><b>A new perspective on Japan during the Asia-Pacific War, using remarkable first-hand Japanese source material.</b></p><p>Even after eighty years since the end of a conflict that killed thirty-five million people, there remains deeply-felt bitterness and anger about the way the Asia-Pacific War was fought, especially by the Japanese.</p><p>The war in the East stretched from Hawaii to India - with Japanese forces attacking Singapore, China and Malaysia, as well as bombing the north coast of Australia. The Allied forces, led by the US, waged an island-by-island counteroffensive that eventually saw the invasion of the Japanese homeland.</p><p>Japan has been vilified for the countless examples of its cruelty to civilians and prisoners of war. These criticisms have led to a backlash in Japan, where many deny that the accusations are true.</p><p>By going back to the origins of modern Japan, and by using only Japanese accounts, Japan's War: Hirohito's Holy War against the West offers a powerful account of the conflict and explains in detail why the Japanese conducted the war in the way that they did.</p>