Saturday, October 17, 2009

History: WWII

WORLD WAR II in the Philippines: A Pictorial Review.  From the Foreword. When the author of this book died in 1986, his book was not finished. Having worked with Phillip Katz on this book, I felt a deep obligation to bring his work to its final, well-deserved publication. His research uncovered one of the finest collections of photographs of wartime Philippines ever assembled in one book. Some of the photos have never been published. It is to his memory, and that of our close mutual friend, the late Col. Fred W. Walker, USAF, that this book is dedicated.  --Eugene J. Adams, Editor, March 1994
 
FROM THE DEPTHS OF SILENCE: Voices of Women Survivors of War.   This report focuses on the different forms of sexual violence done to the "com­fort women" during the Second World War and the accountability of the Japanese government. The sexual abuse and violence inflicted on these women were acts of terror meant to persecute, injure, and kill the women because they are women. The sexual perversion and violence used by the soldiers is outlined in this book, stated with clarity in the testimonies of the "comfort women" from victimized countries.