Far East Great War (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Luo Xianming
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The spiritual revival of human memory, awaiting the awakening of spiritual personality. It should have been the duty of countless writers who witnessed the history of that era to confront the fundamental truths and complete the monumental task of revealing the profound realities of the Greater East Asia War. Yet, it was a frail scholar—this book's author—who, with courage, insight, and the grandeur of embracing vastness, painstakingly brought it to fruition.
This is a challenging form of writing that transcends national, ethnic, partisan, racial, religious, and political boundaries. From the vast and diverse historical records, it meticulously examines and refines the authentic essence, delving deep into the core, exploring widely, and presenting over one hundred prominent figures—Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Kim Il-sung, Harry S. Truman, Hideki Tojo, Chester Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Soong Mei-ling, and more—with striking realism. It portrays Emperor Hirohito, who sought to be deified, as well as the brutal and complex nature hidden behind the Iron Curtain. It depicts the Japanese people, who claimed "a hundred million souls for sacrifice," as familiar figures in a living drama with fossil-like character. It showcases the grandeur and tragic heroism of China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, North Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, India, and Indonesia in their fight against Japanese aggression, giving it an epic grandeur through the structural, artistic, and natural forces at play. It reveals the humiliation endured by the people on land long plagued by poverty and weakness. It exposes the "beastly group" that embodies the ultimate greed, debauchery, cruelty, and vileness of humanity, yet remains unrepentant through empirical evidence. It reconstructs a more fundamental and authentic form of folk memory on the vast and desolate landscape of collective recollection.
Without the mighty bell of the universe, nothing can move the heart. Alas! This book shares the same crimson pulse with the living, blood-soaked history. It carries the wind and rain, its genuine power pervasive, blending literature and history into one, boundless and unrestrained. Each reading feels as if thunder were rumbling, revealing a profound and unprecedented perspective: only peace, compassion, and order can truly be the achievements of true heroes.