About the Author

Haruko Taya Cook is Fordham Marymount Professor Emerita in history at Marymount College of Fordham University. She lives in New York City.

Theodore F. Cook is a professor of Japanese history at William Paterson University. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

"One of the essential books about World War II." —The Philadelphia Inquirer

"The stories recorded in Japan at War provide insight into the confounding complexity of extreme human behavior during the war." —San Francisco Chronicle

"Hereafter no one will be able to think, write, or teach about the Pacific War without reference to [the Cooks'] work." —Marius B. Jansen, Princeton University

"Oral history of a compellingly high order." —Kirkus Reviews

"Informed, nuanced, manysided, vivid—an impressive achievement." —Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University