The Japanese War

London University's WWII Secret Teaching Programme and the Experts Sent to Help Beat Japan

Sadao Oba (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1995
RoutledgeCurzon (Verlag)
978-1-873410-33-2 (ISBN)

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How British school pupils were recruited to learn in 18 months or less what was then considered to be the most difficult language in the world, in order to become translators, interpreters and interrogators for the allied effort in the Pacific War.

Translated by Ann Kaneko. How British school pupils were recruited to learn in 18 months or less what was then considered to be the most difficult language in the world, in order to become translators, interpreters and interrogators for the allied effort in the Pacific War - a staggering 648 experts in the period 1942-47.

Sadao Oba

Preface, Shutting the Stable-Door, The Courses, The ‘Japanese’ War, Into Action, In South East Asia at the End of the War, With the Occupation Army in Japan, The War-Time Courses Assessed, What Became of the Instructors and Students after the War, The Legacy of the War-Time Courses, Appendices, Bibliography, Facsimile documents, Index, Maps

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.8.1995
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-873410-33-6 / 1873410336
ISBN-13	978-1-873410-33-2 / 9781873410332
Zustand	Neuware