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100 1 $aSchrijvers, Peter,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97047005
245 14 $aThe GI war against Japan :$bAmerican soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II /$cPeter Schrijvers.
260 $aNew York :$bNew York University Press,$c2002.
300 $axiii, 320 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tFrontier.$g1.$tPioneers.$g2.$tRomantics.$g3.$tMissionaries.$g4.$tImperialists --$gPt. II.$tFrustration.$g5.$tNature.$g6.$tMasses.$g7.$tMind.$g8.$t'Going Asiatic' --$gPt. III.$tFury.$g9.$tHuman Rage.$g10.$tIndustrial Violence.$g11.$tTechnological Destruction.
520 1 $a"Even in the midst of war, Americans could not help thinking of the lands across the Pacific as a continuation of the American Western frontier. For them the region triggered images of pioneers and romantics, of missionaries and imperialists. But this perception only heightened American soldiers' frustration as the hostile region fiercely resisted their attempts at control.".
520 8 $a"The GI War Against Japan recounts the harrowing experiences of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis at war's very end.
520 8 $aFrom the daunting spaces of the China-Burma-India theater to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Schrijvers brings to life the GIs' struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Amidst the frustration and despair of this war, American soldiers abandoned themselves to an escalating rage that presaged Hiroshima and Nagasaki."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Ocean.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148338
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zAsia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010007718
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xForeign service$zPacific Area.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xForeign service$zAsia.
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