Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute - Japan Author Lecture Series "Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War" Lee K. Pennington, Associate Professor of History, United States Naval Academy Moderated by Paul Kreitman, Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Columbia University 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs … [Read more...]
Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Lee K. Pennington (Cornell University Press, 2015) For information from the publisher, please click here. Thousands of wounded servicemen returned to Japan following the escalation of Japanese military aggression in China in July 1937. Tens of thousands would return home after Japan widened its war effort in 1939. In Casualties of … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Lee Pennington’s “Casualties of History”
We are pleased to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War, published by Cornell University Press. The book’s author is Lee K. Pennington, an associate professor of history at the United States Naval Academy. In this book, Professor Pennington relates for … [Read more...]
