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    Citadel in Spring: A Novel of Youth Spent at War

    By Agawa Hiroyuki and Lawrence Rogers

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    Published in Japanese in 1949, Citadel in Spring is, at its heart, an autobiographical novel of the author's life from university through induction into the Imperial Japan Navy , assignment to intelligence service in China, and Japan's final defeat. In addition to details of actual code-breaking activities, it also paints grimly honest pictures of some of the fiercest naval battles of the war, and the horrors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. As a witness to World War II and its effects on the people and culture of Japan, this document—although cast as fiction—is a crucial reminder of the real costs of war to a generation who have never experienced it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMar 25, 2013
    ISBN9784902075656
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      I can't say I felt there was much going on with this book. I didn't find anything bad or good about it. It was just a rather plain war novel with a very short chronicle of the Hiroshima bombing, which didn't even seem to fit into the main story.

      If you haven't read Ibuse's [book:Black Rain] do so before you even think of reading this one.