Okinawa The History Of An Island People By George H Kerr
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Author | : George Kerr |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2000-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780804820875 |
"The first full–length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a standard work."—Pacific Affairs This book is the definitive work on Okinawan History and an important scholarly work in the fields of Japanese studies and Japanese history. Few people can point to Okinawa on a map, yet this tiny island sitting between China and Japan was and continues to be one of the most crucial Asian nerve centers in all U.S. strategic defense. Ninety percent of all U.S. military forces in Japan are located on Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands, and it was through these troops that the martial art of karate was exported to the United States. In Okinawa: History of an Island People, noted Eastern affairs specialist George Kerr recounts the fascinating history of the island and its environs, from 1314 A.D. to the late twentieth century. The histories of Japan, Okinawa and the entire Pacific region are crucially intertwined, so the study of this fascinating chain of islands is crucial to understanding all of East Asia. First published in 1958, this edition features a new introduction and appendix by Okinawa history scholar Mitsugu Sakihara, making this the most comprehensive resource on the small, vital, and intriguing island of Okinawa.
Author | : George H. Kerr |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 2011-10-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1462901840 |
"[Okinawa: The History of an Island People is] a book that answers the questions of the curious layman, satisfies the standards of critical scholarship, and is readable and fascinating besides. --American Historical Review"
Author | : George H. Kerr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Okinawa Island - History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : William McOmie |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004213627 |
This study provides a picture of the competition and cooperation, distrust and open hostility of the US, Britain, Holland and Russia involved in their joint enterprise in Japan. It documents the plans and outcomes of each of the four powers’ negotiations with Japan. At the same time it provides a fascinating commentary on the way business was done by the Japanese with each country and its representatives.
Author | : Gregory Henderson |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : International relations |
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Author | : Courtney A. Short |
Publisher | : Fordham University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2020-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0823288404 |
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, 1945–46.
Author | : Stephen A. Mick McClary |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2022-03-31 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1665555068 |
This book will give you a basic understanding of the origin of Okinawa, its emergence onto the world's stage, and its evolution over the centuries to become the subtropical paradise that we've come to know and love. Having collected so many books and papers about pre-war, wartime and post-war Okinawa, it occurred to me that there is an almost endless array of publications, each offering abundant facts, opinions and uncertainties as to events, dates of events and details of just about every aspect of the principalities, kingdom, province, then finally prefecture of Okinawa-ken including its 27-year interruption under U.S. occupation. There is no way to present a comprehensive volume that covers all aspects of Okinawa's past and present without necessitating the use of a wheelbarrow to move it from one place to the next - it would be that big! This book's content is inspired by and is representative of what I've read and, to a lesser degree what I've researched on the Internet. Some of it is derived from personal experience or observation. If you can't find information on a particular subject, that just means that I haven't experienced it, don't have it in my library or perhaps I do but haven't read it yet.
Author | : Hugo Dobson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134409532 |
Britian and Japan in the Contemporary World provides up-to-date analyses of these two countries in terms of economics, politics, security and identity on the global, regional, subnational and civic levels. The book moves beyond an analysis of state-to-state relations between Britain and Japan by examining the role of civil society in the relationship and analyzing the way the two countries deal with common issues, such as the 'special relationship' both maintain with the US; the relationship with the continents that both of these island nations border; the question of the degree of decentralization to allow within their contested borders. Both countries also face the pressures of globalization, as seen by the responses of the global cities of London and Tokyo. The editors have brought a selection of top scholars in a collection of chapters aimed at examining the similarities and differences in the way Britian and Japan respond to issues of common concern on these different levels.
Author | : Michael Tai |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786997797 |
For centuries, China was confident in its role as the ‘Middle Kingdom’, the undisputed cultural, economic and political powerhouse of Asia. Today, with China once again a leading player on the world stage, countries across the continent are facing an uncertain future. Does China’s rise threaten its neighbours? And what, ultimately, is its end goal? Nowhere are these questions more pressing than in the Pacific, where China’s maritime neighbours find themselves directly in the path of the country’s expanding territorial claims. In this rich historical exploration, Michael Tai finds answers to these and other questions through an in-depth exploration of China’s past. Spanning thousands of years of Chinese and Asian history, China and Her Neighbours looks at China’s evolving relations with Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. While the disputes in the Pacific have attracted widespread attention, very few investigations have considered the wider historical context of these tensions.