japanese side of world was 2?

Question

im looking for a good book on the japanese side of world war 2. i know that "letters from iwo jima" is a movie about that. but im looking for a book.

Answer 1

"The Rising Sun," by John Toland.

It is about the war from a Japanese perspective, by an American historian who lived in Japan as the child of diplomats, and served as a translator for the war crimes accused.

Toland, incidentally, believed that MacArthur hanged Homma not for the Death March, of which Homma was unaware, but for being the general who defeated MacArthur in the Phillipines. He makes a good case.

Answer 2

Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan
by Ronald Spector
This is non fiction but very entertaining and is written from the point of view of both japan and the US.

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
by Jeanne Houston
This is the American Japanese view of WW2 from inside the United States.

Answer 3

Japan's Longest Day is a great book about the end of the war. I read it in Japanese and enjoyed it tremendously. I recently saw the English translation @ the bookstore.

Answer 4

I'd recommend "A Boy Called H," which is an autobiographical account of growing up in Japan during World War II. I just wish I could remember the author's name!