Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in U.S.-Japan relations
Subtitle: American strategy, Japanese territory, and the islanders in-between
By: Robert D. Eldridge
Publisher: Marine Corps University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Quantico, Virginia
Language: eng
Subjects: Foreign relations; History; Territories and possessions; Strategic aspects; Island people
Other titles: Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in United States-Japan relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Bonin (Ogasawara) and Volcano (Kazan) Islands; title: History of the islands to the Pacific War; title: The war and the Battle of Iwo Jima; title: The Bonin Islands during the war; title: The peace treaty and island disposition; title: Naval administration and Chichi Jima life, 1945/68; title: Bilateral problem: Reversion and repatriation, 1952/1957; title: Bilateral problem: Compensation, visits, and rites, 1957/67; title: The reversion, 1967/68; title: Conclusion: End of an era; title: Appendix A: the Ogasawara Reversion Agreement; title: Appendix B: Statement on Mt. Suribachi Memorial; title: Appendix C: Draft text on nuclear weapons storage, March 21, 1968; title: Appendix D: List of island appeals and petitions, 1947/64.