Japanese Army stragglers and memories of the war in Japan, 1950-1975 /

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Author / Creator:Trefalt, Beatrice.
Imprint:London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Description:1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 13
RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 13.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297466
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ISBN:0203480473
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9786610054350
6610054355
0415312183
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Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-235) and index.
English.
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Summary:Beatrice Trefalt describes and charts the various discoveries of Japanese soldiers who were still fighting World War II in South East Asia and the Pacific region long after it had ended. She also addresses their repatriation to Japan and the ambivalence of memories of the War in Japan. 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 casualties, families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war in Japan.
Other form:Print version: Trefalt, Beatrice. Japanese Army stragglers and memories of the war in Japan, 1950-1975. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0415312183