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ISBN-13: 9780814798164
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
By Peter Schrijvers
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Local release date: 01/05/2002
Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 320 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Asian history [HBJF]History of the Americas [HBJK]Second World War [HBWQ]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Google Preview: The GI War against Japan recounts the harrowing experiences of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis at the War's very end. Amidst the frustration and despair of this war, American soldiers abandoned themselves to an escalating rage that presaged Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Gls' story is, first and foremost, the story of America's resounding victory over Japan. At the same time, the reader will recognize in the extraordinarily high price paid for this victory chilling forebodings of the West's ultimate defeat in Asia - and America's in Vietnam.; Peter Schrijvers is the author of The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II, also available from NYU Press.; "Terrifying, remarkable.... Among the most unsettling books I've read in years." - The Atlantic Monthly; "A rich and compelling cultural and social history... Schrijvers's analysis is first rate throughout." - The Journal of American History; "An imaginative investigation that reveals much about the nature of US society and its interaction with the outside world.... An impressive scholarly achievement." - The International History Review"; Google Preview content