The GI war against Japan : American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II
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The GI war against Japan : American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II
Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on numerous diaries and letters, this book depicts the story of America's soldier sin Asia and the Pacific during World War II. Combining social and cultural history, the author examines the GIs' encounters with Asia's environmental, sociocultural and racial otherness and the impact that these encounters had on them. The Americans' experience in Asia and the Pacific presaged the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Table of Contents
Dedication List of Abbreviations List of Endnote Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements PART I: FRONTIER Pioneers Romantics Missionaries Imperialists PART II: FRUSTRATION Nature Masses Mind 'Going Asiatic' PART III: FURY Human Rage Industrial Violence Technological Destruction Notes Bibliography Index
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