About the Book: Showa 1944-1953
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War IIs legacy in Japan
Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author
Shigeru Mizukis historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the
twentieth century. In this volume, the tail-end of the Pacific War and its
devastating consequences upon the author and his compatriots loom large. Two
rival navies engage in a deadly game of feint and thrust, waging a series of
ruthless military campaigns across the Pacific islands. From Guadalcanal to
Okinawa, Japan slowly loses ground. When the United States unleashes the atomic
bombthen still a new and now enduringly terrible weaponit