In this truly global study, major military historian Azar Gat sets out to unravel the "riddle of war" throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. In the process, the book generates an astonishing wealth of
original and fascinating insights on all major aspects of humankind's remarkable journey through the ages, engaging a wide range of disciplines.

這是一部特殊的、深受世人關注的日記。
《東史郎日記》案是一起為期六年至今仍沒有結束的訴訟；是一樁涉及六十多年前歷史而又未能按歷史真實審理的並非普通的民事訴訟；也是人類的良知、正義與堅持反動歷史觀的邪惡勢力之間的一場持久的較量。《東史郎日記》的出版與發行，既是為關注和支持東史郎的廣大讀者提供一份珍貴的史料，又是對東史郎先生正義行動的肯定和支持。
當然，由於當年的東史郎受日本軍國主義思想毒害，其日記中所反映的立場、觀點是帶有軍國主義思想色彩的，這就需要我們用歷史的眼光來審視和閱讀這本書。
本著尊重作者和忠實於原著的原則，我們要求譯者對作者提供的日記手寫原稿全文進行直譯，不作更改。只是考慮到日記中所涉及的人多數還健在，所以，我們對其中的人名做了一些技術處理。原稿中的原有人名保存在侵華日軍南京大屠殺遇難同胞紀念館中。
本書正文中插圖均為東史郎手繪。書中照片均為侵華日軍南京大屠殺遇難同胞紀念館提供。

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.