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Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950-75
Contributor(s): Trefalt, Beatrice (Author)
ISBN: 0415312183     ISBN-13: 9780415312189
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $218.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2003
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Annotation: This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in South East Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualities' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war in Japan.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - Japan
- History | Military - World War Ii
Dewey: 940.535
LCCN: 2006297721
Lexile Measure: 1670
Series: Routledgecurzon Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.14 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war.