Hanama Tasaki

Long the Imperial Way (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Long the Imperial Way, first published in the U.S. in 1950, is a realistic portrayal of life in the Japanese Imperial Army during the late 1930's. The book is based on the author's own experiences during the three years he served as a private in China (author Tasaki, raised in Hawaii, wrote the book in English). The book details the rites ingrained in the soldiers, demanding sacrifice and unquestioning obedience to superior officers. Scenes include the burning of Chinese villages, harsh beatings of the First Year Soldiers by those with more seniority, and unrestrained pillaging. Long the Imperial Way remains one of the few books which provide insight into the experiences of the typical Japanese soldier in the period just prior to World War Two.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Burtyrki Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839742484
• Artikelnr.: 70906962

Autorenporträt

Born in 1913 on the little island of Maui, Tasaki recollects his boyhood as "shrouded in a mist of romanticism . . . days of running barefooted along the beach, torch fishing, hunting for shells, playing with children of every race imaginable in an atmosphere of total understanding and friendship." Later the Tasakis moved to Honolulu where Hanama's schooling wound up at the University of Hawaii-with an intervening year of "nostalgia and home-sickness" at Oberlin College in Ohio.In 1936 Tasaki went to Japan "intending to throw myself bodily into the progressive movement," but before long was conscripted into the Imperial Army. After three years' service in China, he returned to Japan, became a newspaper reporter and, at the outbreak of World War II, went to the South Pacific for the Domel News Agency. Again conscripted into the Army in 1942, he served till the war's end.