"Who wanted war anyway?"

I just finished reading Cherry Blossoms in Twilight – Memories of a Japanese Girl
by Yaeko Sugama Weldon and Linda E. Austin and published by Moonbridge Publications. (ISBN-13: 978-0-9772323-1-4, Price: $12.95) In it, Yaeko relates her experiences growing up in Japan during the Depression and WWII and explains why many Japanese women married American men during the U.S. occupation as many of the Japanese men had died in the war. After suffering through rationing and air raids, Yaeko says, "Who wanted war anyway?"

As civilian ("collateral damage") continues in the present, not much has changed since Yaeko observed and related the effects of war on her life. A book designed for children, it has much to offer adults who must appreciate the effects of war on civilians in order to take positive action.