Japanese Army stragglers and memories of the war in Japan, 1950-1975 /
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| Author / Creator: | Trefalt, Beatrice. |
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| Imprint: | London : New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. |
| Description: | x, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 13 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5056808 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415312183 |
