Ulrich A. Straus The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II 9780295996264

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Автор: Ulrich A. Straus
Название: The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II
ISBN: 9780295996264
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Всеобщая и мировая история

Вторая мировая война

Военнопленные

ISBN-10: 0295996269
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 272
Вес: 0.61 кг.
Дата издания: 29.08.2016
Серия: The anguish of surrender
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 25 illus.
Размер: 229 x 152 x 22
Ключевые слова: Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Подзаголовок: Japanese pows of world war ii
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On December 6, 1941, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki was one of a handful of men selected to skipper midget subs on a suicide mission to breach Pearl Harbors defenses. When his equipment malfunctioned, he couldnt find the entrance to the harbor. He hit several reefs, eventually splitting the sub, and swam to shore some miles from Pearl Harbor. In the early dawn of December 8, he was picked up on the beach by two Japanese American MPs on patrol. Sakamaki became Prisoner No. 1 of the Pacific War.

Japans no-surrender policy did not permit becoming a POW. Sakamaki and his fellow soldiers and sailors had been indoctrinated to choose between victory and a heroic death. While his comrades had perished, he had survived. By becoming a prisoner of war, Sakamaki believed he had brought shame and dishonor on himself, his family, his community, and his nation, in effect relinquishing his citizenship. Sakamaki fell into despair and, like so many Japanese POWs, begged his captors to kill him.

Based on the authors interviews with dozens of former Japanese POWs along with memoirs only recently coming to light, The Anguish of Surrender tells one of the great unknown stories of World War II. Beginning with an examination of Japans prewar ultranationalist climate and the harsh code that precluded the possibility of capture, the author investigates the circumstances of surrender and capture of men like Sakamaki and their experiences in POW camps.

Many POWs, ill and starving after days wandering in the jungles or hiding out in caves, were astonished at the superior quality of food and medical treatment they received. Contrary to expectations, most Japanese POWs, psychologically unprepared to deal with interrogations, provided information to their captors. Trained Allied linguists, especially Japanese Americans, learned how to extract intelligence by treating the POWs humanely. Allied intelligence personnel took advantage of lax Japanese security precautions to gain extensive information from captured documents. A few POWs, recognizing Japans certain defeat, even assisted the Allied war effort to shorten the war. Far larger numbers staged uprisings in an effort to commit suicide. Most sought to survive, suffered mental anguish, and feared what awaited them in their homeland.

These deeply human stories follow Japanese prisoners through their camp experiences to their return to their welcoming families and reintegration into postwar society. These stories are told here for the first time in English.

Дополнительное описание:

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Prisoner Number One
2. Japan's Policy on Prisoners of War
3. Indoctrination into the Senjinkun
4. Honorable Death or Shameful Life
5. America's Secret Weapon: The

The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II, Ulrich A. Straus