How Long to Read Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945

How Long Does it Take to Read Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 by Samuel Hideo Yamashita

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The population of wartime Japan (1940–1945) has remained a largely faceless enemy to most Americans thanks to the distortions of US wartime propaganda, popular culture, and news reports. At a time when this country’s wartime experiences are slowly and belatedly coming into focus, this remarkable book by Samuel Yamashita offers an intimate picture of what life was like for ordinary Japanese during the war. Drawing upon diaries and letters written by servicemen, kamikaze pilots, evacuated children, and teenagers and adults mobilized for war work in the big cities, provincial towns, and rural communities, Yamashita lets us hear for the first time the rich mix of voices speaking in every register during the course of the war. Here is the housewife struggling to feed her family while supporting the war effort; the eager conscript from snow country enduring the harshest, most abusive training imaginable in order to learn how to fly; the Tokyo teenagers made to work in wartime factories; the children taken from cities to live in the countryside away from their families and with little food and no privacy; the Kyushu farmers pressured to grow ever more rice and wheat with fewer hands and less fertilizer; and the Kyoto octogenarian driven to thoughts of suicide by his inability to contribute to the war. How these ordinary Japanese coped with wartime hardships and dangers, and how their views changed over time as disillusionment, impatience, and sometimes despair set in, is the story that Yamashita’s book brings to the American reader. A history of life during war, Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 is also a glimpse of a now-vanished world.

How long is Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945?

Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 by Samuel Hideo Yamashita is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 aloud.

What Reading Level is Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945?

Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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