Self-identity and war

Author: Masayuki Yamada
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The author adopts a combination of field investigations and oral recordings, analyzing the atrocities committed by Japanese troops in Western Yunnan and the anti-Japanese efforts of local Chinese civilians and soldiers. From geographical, historical, and psychological perspectives, the book raises the question: the capacity for harm inflicted by perpetrators is also a capacity for concealing historical evidence of crimes. "The Condition of Man" is a key concept in this book, with reason understood by the author as the prerequisite for "The Condition of Man." Scientific and rational understanding and cognition are the fundamental principles of Yamada Masayuki.