Japanese Prisoners Of War

Author: Philip Towle; Margaret Kosuge (Editor); Yoichi Kibata (Editor)

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Price : $50.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781852851927
Publisher : Hambledon and London
Imprint : Hambledon and London
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Weight (g) : 0.3
Publication date : 01 February 2000
Dimensions : .56 Inches X 6.14 Inches X 9.21 Inches
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Author : Philip Towle; Margaret Kosuge (Editor); Yoichi Kibata (Editor)
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Language : English
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2000. First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine d/w.

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During the Second World War the Japanese were stereotyped in the European and American imagination as fanatical, cruel and almost inhuman. This view is unhistorical and simplistic. It fails to recognise that the Japanese were acting at a time of supreme national crisis and it fails to take account of their own historical tradition. The essays in Japanese Prisoners of War, by both Western and Japanese scholars, explore the question from a balanced viewpoint, looking at it in the light of longer-term influences, notably the Japanese attempt to establish themselves as an honorary white race. The book also addresses the other side of the question, looking at the treatment of Japanese prisoners in Allied captivity.

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