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Resistant islands : Okinawa confronts Japan and the United States
- Title
- Resistant islands : Okinawa confronts Japan and the United States / Gavan McCormack and Satoko Oka Norimatsu.
- Author
- McCormack, Gavan.
- Publication
- Lanham [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS894.99.O375 M44 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Norimatsu, Satoko Oka, 1965-
- Description
- xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- " ... Offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on the colonization by Japan, the islands' disastrous fate during World War II, and their subsequent and continuing subordination to US military purpose"--Jacket, page [2].
- Series Statement
- Asia/Pacific/perspectives
- Uniform Title
- Asia/Pacific/perspectives
- Subject
- Military bases, American > Japan > Okinawa-ken > History
- Armed Forces
- Colonization
- International relations
- Military bases, American
- Diplomatic relations
- Internationale Politik
- Militärpolitik
- Beziehung
- Militärbaser > historia
- Internationella relationer
- Okinawa-ken (Japan) > History
- Okinawa-ken (Japan) > Colonization
- United States > Armed Forces > History. > Japan > Okinawa-ken
- Okinawa-ken (Japan) > Relations > United States
- United States > Relations > Japan > Okinawa-ken
- Japan > Foreign relations > United States
- United States > Foreign relations > Japan
- Japan
- Japan > Okinawa-ken
- United States
- Ryūkyūinseln
- Präfektur Okinawa
- USA
- Japan > Okinawa
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ryukyu/Okinawa : from disposal to resistance -- War, memory, and commemoration -- Japan's American embrace and the "partnership" for peace and prosperity -- Okinawa : separation and reversion -- Henoko : the unwanted base -- The Hatoyama revolt -- Post-cold war : elections and democracy -- Environment : the "non-assessment" -- "Deepening" the alliance : the Kan agenda -- "Deepening" the alliance : Washington agendas -- Senkaku/Diaoyu : Okinawa as militarized outpost or as bridge of nations? -- Turning history around : history as lived experience -- Prospect.
- ISBN
- 9781442215627
- 1442215623
- 9781442215641 (canceled/invalid)
- 144221564X (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2012008989
- 40021226095
- OCLC
- ocn774500481
- 774500481
- SCSB-14477374
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library