"This slender book by SUNY Buffalo professor Nozaki is about as compact and insightful a study of Japanese postwar historiography as one could ever desire...The writing is clear throughout, the argument vigorous, and the use of evidence impeccable. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." - CHOICE, Aug. 2009 Vol. 46 No. 11 '...topic is the ongoing fight over what should be in Japanese history textbooks since 1945, particularly regarding representations of the Asia-Pacific War. Since this subject has long been of international interest, English-language information on the textbook wars is plentiful, although much of it is in obscure places. In other words, few of the facts presented here are new, although they are very conveniently and lucidly organized and explained. This is no small service. I, for one, find it impossible to hold in my head the timelines and legal issues specific to each of Ienaga Saburo’s three textbook trials and would much rather refer to Nozaki’s clear summary than once again work my way through all the fading photocopied articles in my file cabinet.' - Laura Hein, Northwestern University, Social Science Japan Journal. vol12,no 2, Winter 2009 'Nozaki presents readers with an impressive synthesis and analysis of Ienaga's lawsuits and in the process sheds light on a number of important issues central to the nature of Japan's postwar capitalist democracy' - Kristine Dennehy, Califonia State University, Fullerton, Monumenta Nipponica 64:2 (2009)