STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Sayaka Chatani (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. By the end of World War II, hundreds of thousands of young men in the Japanese colonies, in particular Taiwan and Korea, had expressed their loyalty to the empire by volunteering to join the army. Why and how did so many colonial … [Read more...]
Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965–1975
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Olga Dror (Cambridge University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, … [Read more...]
