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Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Edgar A. Porter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher:

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This book presents an unforgettably honest account of the effects of World War II and the ensuing American occupation in Japan's Oita prefecture, from the persp
Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Edgar A. Porter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-02 - Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

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This book presents World War II and the American Occupation of Japan as experienced in Oita Prefecture through first-hand accounts of 40 Japanese men and women
The Anguish of Surrender
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Ulrich A. Straus
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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On December 6, 1941, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki was one of a handful of men selected to skipper midget subs on a suicide mission to breach Pearl Harbor’s defenses.
Sovereign Soldiers
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Grant Madsen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-04 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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They helped conquer the greatest armies ever assembled. Yet no sooner had they tasted victory after World War II than American generals suddenly found themselve
Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940–1945
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Samuel Hideo Yamashita
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-19 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

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The population of wartime Japan (1940–1945) has remained a largely faceless enemy to most Americans thanks to the distortions of US wartime propaganda, popula