This Scorching Earth

A Novel of the Occupation of Japan

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Donald Richie ISBN: 9781462912803
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Publication: November 15, 1993
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing Language: English
Author: Donald Richie
ISBN: 9781462912803
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication: November 15, 1993
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Language: English

This historical novel is set in post-WWII Japan.

The Allied Occupation of Japan was more than an amazing military operation: it also created one of the most singular civilizations of modern history. It was made up of some of America's best minds and some of its worst, of some genuine idealists and some who simply "never had it so good," of women hungry for men, men hungry for power, and a fortunate leavening of ordinary, decent people. It was an astonishing and often terrifying little empire-now as dead as those of the Medes and Persians.

All these characters-and many more-are skillfully set into the living mosaic which was the Occupation of Japan, in a dramatic story which pulls no punches. And if the reader thinks he detects himself or his friends (or enemies) among its pages, he will agree this historical novel is quite historical. But it's not often that history gets such controversial, sometimes infuriating, often hilarious, and always stimulating novel-which builds up to a final climax guaranteed to rouse the most jaded reader.

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This historical novel is set in post-WWII Japan.

The Allied Occupation of Japan was more than an amazing military operation: it also created one of the most singular civilizations of modern history. It was made up of some of America's best minds and some of its worst, of some genuine idealists and some who simply "never had it so good," of women hungry for men, men hungry for power, and a fortunate leavening of ordinary, decent people. It was an astonishing and often terrifying little empire-now as dead as those of the Medes and Persians.

All these characters-and many more-are skillfully set into the living mosaic which was the Occupation of Japan, in a dramatic story which pulls no punches. And if the reader thinks he detects himself or his friends (or enemies) among its pages, he will agree this historical novel is quite historical. But it's not often that history gets such controversial, sometimes infuriating, often hilarious, and always stimulating novel-which builds up to a final climax guaranteed to rouse the most jaded reader.

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