Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944

An Examination of the Civilian Deaths in Historical Context

Alexander Astroth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

230 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7456-8 (ISBN)

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Mass suicides occurred during World War II when the Americans invaded and captured the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944. Historical scholarship on this topic is almost non-existent. This book provides readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why.

When the Americans invaded the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944, civilians and combatants committed mass suicide to avoid being captured. Though these mass suicides have been mentioned in documentary films, they have received scant scholarly attention. This book draws on United States National Archives documents and photographs, as well as veteran and survivor testimonies, to provide readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why. The author details the experiences of the people of the islands from prehistoric times to the present, with an emphasis on the Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Chamorro and Carolinian civilians during invasion and occupation.

Alexander Astroth lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Before 1944

1. Prehistory and European Colonization

2. Japanese Takeover of Saipan and Tinian

3. Cultures and Societies of Saipan and Tinian

4. The Asia-Pacific War and Islands’ Militarizations

Part 2: 1944

5. Saipan and Tinian Invasions

6. Mass Civilian Suicides

7. Causes of the Mass Civilian Suicides

8. Non-Suicide Deaths

9. Civilian Internment Camps

10. Number of Civilian Deaths and Suicides

Aftermath

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2019
Zusatzinfo	51 photos, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-7456-6 / 1476674566
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7456-8 / 9781476674568
Zustand	Neuware