Description: Translations and readings of some of the most important modern Japanese poems written for and against war
Review Quotes: "Eschewing the one-dimensional myths of the Japanese as either inherently bellicose or inveterately pacific, Steve Rabson has written a nuanced but nonetheless provocative account of fluctuating Japanese attitudes toward war as evidenced in their modern poetry. This painstakingly researched but highly readable book is a must for anyone interested in modern Japan, war in the twentieth century, or the problematic role of writers in dark times."
--David G. Goodman, author of After Apocalypse: Four Japanese Plays of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Long, Long Autumn Nights: Selected Poems of Oguma Hideo, 1901-1940