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
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [223]-235
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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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