The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II

Based on numerous diaries and letters, this book depicts the story of America's soldier sin Asia and the Pacific during World War II. Combining social and cultural history, the author examines the GIs' encounters with Asia's environmental, sociocultural and racial otherness and the impact that these encounters had on them. The Americans' experience in Asia and the Pacific presaged the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Author: P. Schrijvers
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/19/2002
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780333771334

About the Author
PETER SCHRIJVERS is Lecturer in U.S. Foreign Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.

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