Uniquely Okinawan

Determining Identity During the U.S. Wartime Occupation

Courtney A. Short (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2020 | New edition
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-8838-0 (ISBN)

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Looks at 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, 1945-1946.

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.

Courtney A. Short holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and specializes in military, American, and Japanese history, as well as race and identity studies.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	World War II: the Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Zusatzinfo	12
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8232-8838-2 / 0823288382
ISBN-13	978-0-8232-8838-0 / 9780823288380
Zustand	Neuware