Resistant islands
Subtitle: Okinawa confronts Japan and the United States
By: Gavan McCormack and Satoko Oka Norimatsu
Contributors: Norimatsu, Satoko Oka, 1965-
Series: Asia Pacific perspectives
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781442215627; 9781442215641
Subjects: American Military bases; Foreign relations; Armed Forces; History; Relations; Colonization
Description: " ... Offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on the colonization by Japan, the islands' disastrous fate during World War II, and their subsequent and continuing subordination to US military purpose"--Jacket, page [2].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ryukyu/Okinawa : from disposal to resistance; title: War, memory, and commemoration; title: Japan's American embrace and the "partnership" for peace and prosperity; title: Okinawa : separation and reversion; title: Henoko : the unwanted base; title: The Hatoyama revolt; title: Post-cold war : elections and democracy; title: Environment : the "non-assessment"; title: "Deepening" the alliance : the Kan agenda; title: "Deepening" the alliance : Washington agendas; title: Senkaku/Diaoyu : Okinawa as militarized outpost or as bridge of nations?; title: Turning history around : history as lived experience; title: Prospect.