| The Shanghai Stars and Stripes: Witness to the Transition to Peace, 1945-1946 Contributor(s): Cornebise, Alfred Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786447567 ISBN-13: 9780786447565 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 079.51 |
| LCCN: 2009049968 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work is an account of the China edition of the U.S. Army's daily newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, which was geared toward service personnel in the China Theater of Operations at the end of World War II and published for nearly a year. The book addresses Japanese repatriations, war-crime trials, the Chinese civil war and the rise of Communism as covered by the paper, and the paper's role in strengthening U.S. troop morale. |
