In this detailed account of civilian lives during wartime in Asia, readers get a glimpse into the often difficult, but surprisingly resilient, lives led by ordinary people - those who did not go off to war but were profoundly affected by it nonetheless. How did people live on a day-to-day basis with the cruelty and horror of war right outside their doorsteps? What were the reactions and views of those who did not fight on the battlefields? How did people come together to cope with the losses of loved ones and the sacrifices they had to make on a daily basis? This volume contains accounts from the civilians who lived in Asia during the Taiping and Nian Rebellions in mid-nineteenth-century China; the Philippine Revolution, when the Filipinos fought for independence against Spain and the U.S.; the Wars of Meiji Japan; China during tumultuous years of civil and world war, from 1937 to 1949; the World War II, and particularly how it affected the lives of the people of Japan and Indonesia; the Korean War; and the Vietnam War. This volume offers readers a glimpse into the lives of those who are often forgotten. It is part of the Greenwood Press "Daily Life Through History" series. It looks at life in wartime from the viewpoint of the ordinary people affected by it.