to begin with, let ruth explain things herself. the book was commissioned DURING the war to provide a wartime prespective on japan and the japanese for the military and government. it was PUBLISHED for general audiences in 1946.
now it is useful in helping undertand wartime and early 20th century japan, and concurently, on the usa and the state of its understanding at the time, and the disconnects between our understanding if each other.
to begin with, let ruth explain things herself. the book was commissioned DURING the war to provide a wartime prespective on japan and the japanese for the military and government. it was PUBLISHED for general audiences in 1946.
now it is useful in helping undertand wartime and early 20th century japan, and concurently, on the usa and the state of its understanding at the time, and the disconnects between our understanding if each other.