About the Book: Showa 1939-1944
An Internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japans
involvement in World War II
Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author
Shigeru Mizukis historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the
twentieth century. This volume covers the devastation of the Sino-Japanese War
and the first few years of the Pacific Wara chilling reminder of just how harsh
life in Japan was during this hostile era. Pivotal events like the attack on
Pearl Harbor are reframed as part of a larger context detailing the countrys
brutal military expansion into Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Its effects on the
otherwise unseen Japanese populace