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Mass suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944 : an examination of the civilian deaths in historical context / Alexander Astroth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Astroth, Alexander, 1992- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Northern Mariana Islands--Tinian.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands.
- Mass suicide--Northern Mariana Islands--Tinian.
- Mass suicide.
- Civilian war casualties--Northern Mariana Islands--Tinian.
- Civilian war casualties.
- Civilian war casualties--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Mass suicide--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- When the Americans invaded the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944, civilians and combatants committed mass suicide to avoid being captured. Though these mass suicides have been mentioned in documentary films, they have received scant scholarly attention. This book draws on United States National Archives documents and photographs, as well as veteran and survivor testimonies, to provide readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why. The author details the experiences of the people of the islands from prehistoric times to the present, with an emphasis on the Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Chamorro and Carolinian civilians during invasion and occupation.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Before 1944
- Prehistory and European colonization
- Japanese takeover of Saipan and Tinian
- Cultures and societies of Saipan and Tinian
- The Asia-Pacific war and islands' militarization
- Part 2. 1944
- Saipan and Tinian invasions
- Mass civilian suicides
- Causes of the mass civilian suicides
- Non-suicide deaths and atrocities
- Civilian internment camps
- Number of civilian deaths and suicides
- Conclusion: aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3516-1
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