"Palmer's study is long overdue in addressing Japan's colonial policy and how the exigencies of war forced Tokyo to revise its initial policies for a people they long considered to be inferior. . . . [This book is] Essential."
(CHOICE) "Palmer's study is long overdue in addressing Japan's colonial policy and how the exigencies of war forced Tokyo to revise its initial policies for a people they long considered to be inferior. A must for any library seeking to upgrade its collection on the Pacific War."
(Choice) "[B]alanced, exhaustive, and textured….Palmer's work must be placed with T. Fujitani's Race for Empire as one of the two most important works on the subject in the English-language literature on the war period in Korea. It will certainly stand as the platform from which further study of the late colonial period will evolve."
- Michael E. Robinson (Journal of Japanese Studies) "Brandon Palmer's study manages to achieve the often sought-after combination of brevity, readability, and greater historical awareness. . . . [A] fascinating, objective look at the experience of Korean men during the Second World War. Fighting for the Enemy does not set out to be an end-all history of colonial Korea, but anyone who wishes to study the period would be remiss if it wasn't part of his or her collection."
- Evan T. Daniels (Korean Studies)
