Uniquely Okinawan - Determining Identity During the U.s. Wartime Occupation

Uniquely Okinawan explores how American soldiers, sailors, and Marines considered race, ethnicity, and identity in the planning and execution of the wartime occupation of Okinawa, during and immediately after the Battle of Okinawa, 1945-1946.

List of contents

Introduction | 1

1 Identifying the Enemy: US Army Wartime Occupation Policy | 21

2 US Marine Discipline: Strict Directives in Wartime

Marine Military Government | 32

3 "Japanese" Warriors? Okinawan Preparation for Battle | 45

4 The US Fights Overseas: Americans Charge

toward the Battlefield | 51

5 Having a Say: Okinawan Constructions of Identity | 59

6 Policy into Action: The US Army Hits the Shore | 74

7 Benevolent Captors? Okinawans Encounter the Americans | 90

8 No Initiative: Unbending Policy, Rigid US Marine Action | 102

9 The US Navy Period: Navigating the Transition to Peace | 124

10 New Visions, New Interpretations of Identity:

The Expansion of US Navy Military Government | 140

Conclusion | 155

Acknowledgments | 163

Notes | 167

Bibliography | 223

Index | 237

Photographs follow page 58

About the author

Courtney A. Short holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and specializes in military, American, and Japanese history, as well as race and identity studies.

Summary

Looks at how American soldiers, sailors, and Marines considered race, ethnicity, and identity in the planning and execution of the wartime occupation of Okinawa, during and immediately after the Battle of Okinawa, 1945-1946.

Product details

• Authors: Courtney A Short, Courtney A. Short
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780823288380
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-8838-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension; World War II: The Global, Huma
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Zweiter Weltkrieg, Japan, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Politik und Staat, Moderne Kriegsführung