Roughly translated as "Great Issues of Wars: Still Go for War?"
The author is a former ambassador to China and former president of Itochu—a giant trading company specialized in Chinese business (as I understand it). So, he is very knowledgeable about China, though he might be slightly pro-China.
Even taking his background into account, this book is deeply convincing. In fact, we were never really taught what our grandfathers actually went through or did where they were dispatched during and after the last war, which is vividly and realistically conveyed in this book.
I also came to realize that NO country will step in to save another if it means sacrificing its own people. I know I sound hopelessly naive, but I used to vaguely assume that even if a war broke out, it would remain outside my personal world. But no—the weakest are always the first victims in a war.
The narrative is a bit repetitive (oh, Oji-chan!), but it's easy to follow and digest. Coming from a rather naive perspective, the book's realistic analysis hit me particularly hard.
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