Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Asia: From the Taiping Rebellion to the Vietnam War

In this detailed account of civilian lives during wartime in Asia, high school students, undergrads, and general readers alike can get a glimpse into the often dismal, but surprisingly resilient, lives led by ordinary people-those who did not go off to war but were powerfully affected by it nonetheless. How did people live on a day-to-day basis with the cruelty and horror of war right outside their doorsteps? What were the reactions and views of those who did not fight on the fields? How did people come together to cope with the losses of loved ones and the sacrifices they had to make on a daily basis? This volume contains accounts from the resilient civilians who lived in Asia during the Taiping and Nian Rebellions, the Philippine Revolution, the Wars of Meiji Japan, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

STEWART LONE is Professor of modern Northeast Asian social history, University of New South Wales (campus at The Australian Defense Force Academy). He is the author ofKorea Since 1850 (1993), Japan's First Modern War (1994),

Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan (2000), and The Japanese Community in Brazil 1908-1940.