Uniquely Okinawan : determining identity during the U.S. wartime occupation
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Uniquely Okinawan : determining identity during the U.S. wartime occupation
（World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension / G. Kurt Piehler, series editor）
Fordham University Press, 2020
1st ed
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Bibliography: p. [223]-235
Includes index
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Description
Uniquely Okinawan explores how American soldiers, sailors, and Marines considered race, ethnicity, and identity in the planning and execution of the wartime occupation of Okinawa, during and immediately after the Battle of Okinawa, 1945-46.
Table of Contents
Introduction | 1
1 Identifying the Enemy: US Army Wartime Occupation Policy | 21
2 US Marine Discipline: Strict Directives in Wartime
Marine Military Government | 32
3 "Japanese" Warriors? Okinawan Preparation for Battle | 45
4 The US Fights Overseas: Americans Charge
toward the Battlefield | 51
5 Having a Say: Okinawan Constructions of Identity | 59
6 Policy into Action: The US Army Hits the Shore | 74
7 Benevolent Captors? Okinawans Encounter the Americans | 90
8 No Initiative: Unbending Policy, Rigid US Marine Action | 102
9 The US Navy Period: Navigating the Transition to Peace | 124
10 New Visions, New Interpretations of Identity:
The Expansion of US Navy Military Government | 140
Conclusion | 155
Acknowledgments | 163
Notes | 167
Bibliography | 223
Index | 237
Photographs follow page 58
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