num_pages: 373
description: An examination of the events surrounding the sinking of a Japanese passenger-cargo ship in the last days of WWII and the repercussions that the event caused for the next forty years. Dingman (history, USC) documents the court martial that followed the sinking, the elaborate negotiations between the US, Japanese, and Chinese governments over the Awa maru (she sank in Chinese territorial waters), and the eventual salvaging of the ship. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Ghost of War: The Sinking of the Awa Maru and Japanese-American Relations, 1945-1995
titlecomplete: Ghost of War: The Sinking of the Awa Maru and Japanese-American Relations, 1945-1995
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Naval Inst Pr