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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Pacific War"”.
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Simulated Battles, Real Lessons: Analyzing The Impact of The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Problems on Battle in The Pacific War
<p>The historiography of the Pacific Theater of World War II is thorough in regard to its coverage of the war itself. The technology, doctrine, and personnel practices of both the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy are well understood by historians in the field. In addition to this, …
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The inherited epidemic: a history of tuberculosis in occupied Japan
… political climate following the end of the Asia-Pacific War, they gloss over other ways in which the SCAP government came in contact with the Japanese people. The topic of health is one that has seldom been explored within the context of the Allied Occupation of Japan, despite the fact that the …
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By Air Power Alone: America's Strategic Air War in China, 1941-1945
During World War II, the Army Air Force waged three strategic air offensives in and from China against Japan. At first, the Flying Tigers and 10th Air Force constituted the whole of American aid to China, but the effort soon expanded. Supported by Chiang Kai-shek, Claire Chennault and his 14th Air …
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Japanese defense policy, 1945-1970
… In the twenty-five years since the end of the Pacific War, not a single Japanese soldier has served outside Japan. The 1960s saw Japan's final emergence as a great economic power. By the end of the decade she ranked third after the United States and the Soviet Union in the global hierarchy of …
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Japanese defense policy, 1945-1970
… In the twenty-five years since the end of the Pacific War, not a single Japanese soldier has served outside Japan. The 1960s saw Japan's final emergence as a great economic power. By the end of the decade she ranked third after the United States and the Soviet Union in the global hierarchy of …
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The Elite of the Elites: the U.S. Marine Raider Battalions, 1942-1944: A Case Study in Elite Military Organizations
… the first American special forces units of World War II. However, the introduction of an elite subculture within the ranks of the Marine Corps, which already prided itself on being the nation's elite fighting force, resulted in conflicting cultures and competing identities. Many Marines felt that …
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THE BEAMING SUN: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE RADAR AGAINST UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT DURING THE BATTLE FOR SAIPAN
… innovation in the historical record of the Pacific War, and Saipan and its archaeological signature provides a case study to examine its effectiveness.
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Arirang People: A Study of Koreans in Transnational Diasporas of the Russian Far East and Manchuria, 1895-1920
… to the Japanese deployment of Koreans in their war efforts during the Pacific War from the 1930s to 1945. Much less attention, however, has been given to the subject of the pre-Colonial period prior to 1910. The main objectives of this dissertation are to: 1) present the evidences which reveal …
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Black and White Proselytism: The Publishing Revolution that Changed Religious Propaganda in Twentieth-Century Japan
… magazines, newspapers, and books produced by prewar groups Tenrikyō, Ōmoto, Kurozumikyō, and Sekai Kyūseikyō; and postwar Soka Gakkai, Happy Science, and Aum Shinrikyō. These religions were selected as the most popular and representative of their era. As they were very influential and promoted …
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Everyday Fascism in Contemporary Japan
… to Japan not only prior to and during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945) but also from the postwar days to date. Against various forms of culturalism that claim that the country is essentially totalitarian and its culture is innately violent, I will argue that the country has shared fascist …
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When War Becomes Peace: Ruination and Transvaluation in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Memorial Parks
In postwar Japan, “peace” has become the memorial scaffolding that structures the collective national orientation towards the legacy of the Asia-Pacific War, in large part owing to the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet the atomic catastrophes endured by the two cities have become …
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Out of sight: surrealism and photography in 1930s Japan
… (1924, date of the first Manifesto), until the war, there was no Surrealist activity in Europe that was not almost immediately reflected upon.", Breton, André ([1959] 2008). En guise de préface à l’anthologie surréaliste de Tokyo. In: Breton, André; Hubert, Étienne-Alain (et al.), Ouvres …
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RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT DURING AND AFTER THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF MALAYA AND SINGAPORE IN THE NOVELS OF CHIN KEE ONN, NOEL BARBER AND LIM THEAN SOO
… has just passed. The traumatic experience of wartime oppression during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore still leaves an indelible mark on those who lived through that period. This dissertation examines the issue of inter-ethnic social conflict among the Malays, Chinese, Indians …
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Twentieth century philosophy and ecology of The World of Living Things by Imanishi Kinji
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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South Pacific Destroyers: The United States Navy and the Challenges of Night Surface Combat in the Solomons Islands during World War II.
<p>During the South Pacific campaigns of World War II, the United States Navy faced a formidable challenge in waging nighttime surface battles against the Japanese Navy. In a war that emphasized the carrier and battleship, the little destroyer became a key player in these actions. By studying this …
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Museums as Artifacts: How Architecture and History Influence Museums and the Visitor Experience
The Built Environment of a museum provides a backdrop for every activity undertaken in a museum. It can complement, distract from, or remain invisible besides the collections the museum contains, but always has an effect on the visitors who come to view those collections. This Thesis will explore …
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Navigating the Wreck: Writing women’s experience of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. Salvaged from the Wreck: A novel -and- Diving into the Wreck: A critical essay
… by Western historians and former prisoners of war who have forged a predominant patriarchal narrative. In that narrative—despite the all-encompassing nature of the occupation and the cataclysmic effect it had on civilians—women are virtually invisible. The objective of this thesis is to …