The End Of The War In Asia

by Louis Allen

On l4 August 1945, the emperor of Japan broke the deadlock of his beleaguered Supreme Council and for the happiness of our nation and people, and to save millions of lives, we must endure the unendurable, bear the unbearable... The Second World War was at an end. But for many Japanese in China, Burma, Korea and other parts of Japan\'s far-flung empire, all was not over. This book vividly describes the impact of the surrender on the Japanese forces overseas, their reactions to the imperial summons to lay down their arms, and the effect their surrender had on the peoples whose territory they occupied. It shows how countries which Japan had conquered, or forced to collaborate, dealt with the problem of stripping themselves of the Japanese connection and assumed the burden of their independence. Out of this uneasy peace was born the present political condition of east and south-east Asia; and much of what has happened since then-the tragic conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, the st

320 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1976

About the author

A talented linguist, Louis Allen (born Louis Levy) was educated at the University of Manchester and the Sorbonne. During the Second World War, upon completion of the Services translators' course in Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, he was posted to India, where he served with the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC), the South East Asia Translation and Interrogation Centre (SEATIC), and the 17th Division.

After the war Allen became a lecturer (later Reader) in French at the University of Durham. During this time, he wrote five books on the war in the Pacific, as well as numerous articles on Japanese history, politics, and literature.

Reviews

[Norman Hartley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Louis Allen was my tutor and instead of writing about modern French literature which was supposed to be his speciality he wrote about his other love, Asian politics. Reading this book gives astonishingly acute insights into present-day Asia. A remarkable man.