Toward a global history of bombing in the Second World War: Taking Japan seriously

2025/12/10 by Sheldon Garon · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact #Japanese History and Culture #The Impact of Diversity and Innovation on Society

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/01402390.2025.2583054

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Abstract

Historians of Japan confront a paradox when reading accounts of the Second World War. True to its name, the conflict was the most global war in history. Yet efforts to tell a globally connected sto...

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