| Description |
310 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Japan's legacy : the typhoon of steel : Re-examining the history of the Battle of Okinawa / Masahide Ota -- Battle of Okinawa in Japanese history books / Koji Taira -- Okinawa : the political and military setting : The Bolivian connection : U.S. bases and Okinawan emigration / Kozy Amemiya -- Life on the mainland : as portrayed in modern Okinawan literature / Steve Rabson -- Okinawa : then and now / Mike Millard -- 1995 rape incident and the rekindling of Okinawan protest against the American bases / Chalmers Johnson -- Okinawan identity : Assimilation policy in Okinawa : promotion, resistance, and "reconstruction" / Steve Rabson -- Being "Japanese" in Brazil and Okinawa / Kozy Amemiya -- Okinawa's choice : independence or subordination / Koji Taira -- Okinawa : the protest movement : Women and military violence / Carolyn Bowen Francis -- Governor Ota at the Supreme Court of Japan / Masahide Ota -- Heliport, Nago, and the end of the Ota era / Chalmers Johnson -- Okinawa : a future without American bases? : The Japanese-American Security Treaty without a U.S. military presence / Shunji Taoka -- Sustainable development in Okinawa for the 21st century / Masayuki Sasaki -- Okinawan dilemmas : coral islands or concrete islands? / Gavan McCormack -- Inertia on display / Patrick Smith. |
| Subject |
Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- History -- 20th century.
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Military bases, American -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken.
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Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken.
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Chalmers A.
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Japan Policy Research Institute.
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| ISBN |
0967364205 |
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