el dang reviewed Showa 1944–1953 by Shigeru Mizuki (Showa: A History of Japan)
"The third volume of [the author's] ... encyclopedic account of Japan before and after World …
I only wish this had felt less timely
5 stars
Whew. This volume really brings home the grotesqueness of war in general and Japan's war in particular. It was already gut-wrenching to read, and then just a week after finishing it it suddenly felt very topical. Will we ever learn?