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Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation
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Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation
About this book
This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture, through firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived there. The interviewees include students, housewives, nurses, midwives, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. Their stories range from early, spirited support for the war through the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids and into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. The personal accounts are buttressed by archival materials; the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as experienced in a single region of Japan.
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Yes, you can access Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation by Edgar Porter,Ran Ying Porter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World War II. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Preface
- 1 āSomething Big Was Going to Happenā
- 2 One Million Souls, One Heart
- 3 Oita Men Troop to War
- 4 The War Expands and the People Mobilize
- 5 Invincible Japan
- 6 Fire from the Sky
- 7 āI Shall Die with Pleasureā
- 8 Never-ending Sirens
- 9 A Hard Price to Pay
- 10 Donate Everything
- 11 Eliminate the City
- 12 Oita's Advisors to the Emperor
- 13 The Lightning Bolt
- 14 We Didn't Surrender ā The War Just Ended
- 15 Hungry, Confused, and Afraid
- 16 The Devil Comes Ashore
- 17 A Bitter Homecoming
- 18 The Occupation Takes Hold
- 19 Miss Beppu, Crazy Mary, and William Westmoreland
- Conclusion
- Chronology of Japanese Historical Events, 1905-1957
- List of Interviewees
- Bibliography
- Index