IMPERIAL JAPAN’S WORLD WAR TWO: 1931-1945

Book ID/图书代码： 13149007B10995

English Summary/英文概要： The full extent and brutality of imperial Japan’s actions before and during the Second World War has not had the same cultural and political resonances as those of Nazi Germany, nor are they as well remembered. Werner Gruhl’s objective is to present a fresh overview of the Asian-Pacific War and its victims, drawing particular attention to the neglected history of Japan’s invasion of China and Southeast Asia. Gruhl seeks to show that the war in Asia and the Pacific is as much about Shanghai, Nanking, and Manila as about Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Hiroshima. Gruhl’s narrative makes clear why Japan’s World War II aggression still touches deep emotions with East Asians and Western ex-prisoners of war, and why there is justifiable sensitivity to the way modern Japan has dealt with this legacy. Knowledge of the enormity of Japan’s total war is also necessary to assess the United States’ and her allies’ policies toward Japan, and their reactions to its actions, extending from Manchuria in 1931 to Hiroshima in 1945. Gruhl takes the view that World War II started in 1931 when Japan, crowded and poor in raw materials but with a sense of military invincibility, saw empire as her salvation and invaded China. Japan’s imperial regime had volatile ambitions but limited resources, thus encouraging them to unleash a particularly brutal offensive against the peoples of Asia and surrounding ocean islands. Their 1931 to 1945 invasions and policies further added to Asia’s pre-war woes, particularly in China, by badly disrupting marginal economies, leading to famines and epidemics. Altogether, the victims of Japan’s World War Two aggression took many forms and were massive in number. Gruhl offers a survey and synthesis of the historical literature and documentation, statistical data, as well as personal interviews and first-hand accounts to provide a comprehensive overview analysis. The sequence of diplomatic and military events leading to Pearl Harbor, as well as those leading to the U.S. decision to drop the atom bomb, are explored here as well as Japan’s war crimes and postwar revisionist/apologist views regarding them. This book will be of intense interest to Asian specialists, and those concerned with human rights issues in a historical context.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在第二次世界大战期间和在此之前，日本的野蛮行为和德国纳粹不相上下，两个国家在文化和政治上都有相似之处，而且无论哪个都没有留给世人好印象。作者Werner Gruhl客观完整的陈述了亚太战争和期间受害人的惨痛历史，并特别详细的记录了被人们忽略，日本侵略中国和亚洲东南部地区的这段历史。Gruhl在书中展现了发生在亚洲和整个亚太地区的战争诸如上海、南京、和马尼拉与珍珠港、广岛有何区别。通过Gruhl的叙述使人们清楚的明白为什么在第二次世界大战后，日本的侵略行为至今仍旧是东方国家的亚洲人不可遗忘，心里永远最痛苦难忘的一段历史和为什么如今的日本在处理这段历史事件遗留下的种种风波时具有如此敏感的情绪。了解日本在战争时期所有残忍的罪恶行为是非常重要的，因为只有充分的掌握、明白了这段历史的涵义，才能更好的了解美国为什么对日本做出联盟政策，和其对日本做出的反击行为，以及从1931年的满洲到1945年的广岛的侵袭。Gruhl解释到世界第二次大战起源于1931年，那时，日本人口众多，资源贫乏，但自认为拥有世界上最无敌的军队，视日本皇室为最伟大的拯救者，并对中国进行了侵略。当时日本的皇室政治野心勃勃，但在资源上却有着很大的局限性，如此一来，也更刺激了他们对亚洲人民和其周边陆地国家，展开一轮特别惨无人道的侵略攻势。在1931年至1945年期间，日本的侵略和政策更进一步的使亚洲人民陷入了悲惨之中，尤其在中国，日本严重的破坏了中国的经济，使其面临崩溃，百姓民不聊生，使中国全国上下的人民陷入了饥荒和各种流行病中。总的来说，在第二次世界大战期间时，由于日本侵略而造成的死亡人数不计其数，而且他们在制定了多种残忍的杀人手法。Gruhl对各种历史文学资料和文件、和统计数据进行了调查和归总，还采访了多位当时的见证者，得到了许多第一手资料，向读者提供全面、客观的分析和概括。连续发生的外交和重大的军队事件爆发了珍珠港事件，致使美国决定在广岛投放原子弹，以及战后致歉者对日本的犯罪行为有些何种评价。相信亚洲专家和关心过去历史人类人权的问题的读者，会对这本书有着浓厚的兴趣。(COCO)

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