Diary of the War, WWII Memoirs of Lt. Col. Anastacio Campo, has just been released under the Mindanao Studies series of the Ateneo de Manila University Press, and is part of the press's ongoing anniversary sale (last 2 days!).
Recovered and annotated with historical notes and personal anecdotes by his granddaughter Maria Virginia Yap Morales, "Lt. Col. Anastacio Campo's diary is a revealing memoir of a Filipino officer stationed in Davao City at the outbreak of World War II. There are relatively few Filipino first-person accounts of the war and most of these are from Bataan or Manila. This account, set in Davao, opens a heretofore unknown vista for most Filipinos...it has an immediacy and personal flavor that are unique... An important addition to the Filipino memoirs of World War II, this book is a step toward making the Filipino war experience better understood as a truly nationwide experience" (from the back cover blurb by Professor Ricardo T. Jose of the UP Department of History).
The Mindanao Studies series, edited by Antonio de Castro, seeks to make available works on Mindanao, its peoples, languages, histories, and cultures. Featuring scholarly works based on primary and secondary research materials, and works that express the artistic sensibility and literary creativity of its peoples, the series serves as a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research concerning Mindanao (Inquiries at
unipress@admu.edu.ph, attn: The Editor, Mindanao Studies series).
Other forthcoming titles in this series are: Manobo Dreams in Arakan: A People's Struggle to Keep Their Homeland, by Karl Gaspar, and Mindanao Ethnohistory Beyond Nations: Maguindanao, Sangir, and Bagobo Societies in East Maritime Southeast Asia, by Shinzo Hayase.
Come to the Ateneo Press anniversary booksale! June 19 to 30, 10 to 30 percent off
all titles. Bookshop sale hours 8 to 12, 1 to 6 pm (M-Thurs, up to 5 pm Fri). Coffee and cookies free with browsing :-)
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