Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki\'s historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. This volume covers the devastation of the Sino-Japanese War and the first few years of the Pacific War-a chilling reminder of just how harsh life in Japan was during this hostile era. Pivotal events like the attack on Pearl Harbor are reframed as part of a larger context detailing the country\'s brutal military expansion into Southeast Asia and elsewhere. (W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki