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oapen-20.500.12657-259822023-02-01T09:01:25Z Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation Porter, Edgar A. History Japan World War 2 World War II Occupation Oita Prefecture bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history::HBWQ Second World War This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture, through firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived there. The interviewees include students, housewives, nurses, midwives, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. Their stories range from early, spirited support for the war through the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids and into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. The personal accounts are buttressed by archival materials; the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as experienced in a single region of Japan. 2019-01-30 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-27 15:48:21 2020-04-01T10:56:27Z 2020-04-01T10:56:27Z 2007-01-01 book 1004099 OCN: 1100538971 9789048532636 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25982 eng Asian History application/pdf n/a 1004099.pdf Amsterdam University Press 102997 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789048532636 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Amsterdam 102997 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture, through firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived there. The interviewees include students, housewives, nurses, midwives, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. Their stories range from early, spirited support for the war through the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids and into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. The personal accounts are buttressed by archival materials; the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as experienced in a single region of Japan.
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