Ithasintriguedmanythat,unlikeHongKong,MacauavoideddirectJapanesewartimeoccupationalbeitbeingcaughtupinthevortexofthewiderglobalconflict.GeoffreyGunnandaninternationalgroupofcontributorscometogetherinWartimeMacau:UndertheJapaneseShadowtoinvestigatehowMacauescapedthefateofdirectJapaneseinvasionandoccupation.Exploringthebroaderdiplomaticandstrategicissuesduringthatera,thisvolumerevealsthattheoccupationofMacauwasnotinJapan’sbestinterestbecausethePortugueseadministrationinMacauposednothreattoJapan’scontrolovertheChinacoastandactedasalisteningposttomonitorAlliedactivities.
DrawinguponarchivalmaterialsinEnglish,Japanese,Portuguese,andotherlanguages,thecontributorsexplainhow,underthehighduressofJapanesemilitaryagencies,thePortugueseadministrationcopedwithatriplingofitspopulationandissuessuchascurrency,foodsupply,disease,andsurvival.ThisvolumepresentscontrastingviewsonwartimegovernanceandshowshowthedifferentlevelsofMacausocietysurvivedthewar.
