Routledge - Certain Victory: Images of WWII in Japanese Media

Explore a unique window into history with Certain Victory: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media. This book provides a detailed look at Japan's transformation from a cosmopolitan empire in 1937 to a total war society facing destruction in 1945. By examining hundreds of images and written records from Japanese periodicals, the text traces how the government-controlled media shaped the national narrative. Readers gain a close-up view of how the war was presented to the Japanese home front. The author utilizes an extensive collection of wartime publications to reconstruct the official stories regarding the goals and progress of the conflict. Because many of these visual and written sources are rare even within Japan, this work offers a perspective that is difficult to find elsewhere. It is an essential resource for those studying the history of the modern world and the power of media during wartime.