The anguish of surrender : Japanese POW's of World War II /

"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 Harbor's defenses. When his equipment malfunctioned, he couldn't find the entrance to the harbor. He hit several reefs, splitting the sub, and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Straus, Ulrich
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, ©2003.
Colección:Donald R. Ellegood International Publications.
Temas:
Burggefängnis
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war > Japan.
Prisoners of war > Southeast Asia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Southeast Asia.
Prisonniers de guerre > Japon.
Prisonniers de guerre > Asie du Sud-Est.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Camps d'internement > Asie du Sud-Est.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Internment camps.
Prisoners of war.
Japanischer Kriegsgefangener
Pazifikkrieg > 1941-1945
Kriegsgefangenenlager.
Southeast Asia > History.
Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire.
Japan.
Southeast Asia.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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 Harbor's defenses. When his equipment malfunctioned, he couldn't find the entrance to the harbor. He hit several reefs, 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."
"Japan's no-surrender policy did not permit becoming a POW. Sakamaki and his fellow soldiers and sailors has 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 author's 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 Japan's 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."--Jacket
Notas:"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.
ISBN:9780295802558
0295802553

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