Moore, Aaron William,  1977- <br/><br/>
Writing war  soldiers record the Japanese Empire / 
Aaron William Moore. 
 - first edition. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: World War, diary writing, and the self --  Talk about heroes: military diaries in the modern world --  Self-mobilization and the discipline of the battlefield: the battle for Shanghai and northern China --  Assembling the "new order": reconstitution of self through diary writing --  The unbearable likeness of being: the transnational phenomenon of self-discipline during the Pacific War --  The physics of writing war: recording the destruction of the Japanese Empire --  The consequences of self-discipline: postwar historical memory and veterans' narratives --  Conclusion: the peril of self-discipline. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674075399 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area--Diaries.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Diaries.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--China--Diaries.<br/>Soldiers' writings, American--History and criticism.<br/>Soldiers' writings, Chinese--History and criticism.<br/>Soldiers' writings, Japanese--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D767  / .W758 2013