Military government in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945-1950 / by Arnold G. Fisch, Jr.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fisch, Arnold G., Jr., author.

Series:

Army historical series

CMH pub ; 30-11.

CMH pub ; 30-11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ryukyu Islands--History--1945-1972.

Ryukyu Islands.

Military government--Japan--Ryukyu Islands--History.

Military government.

Japan--Ryukyu Islands.

Genre:

Online resources.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 1988.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Military government on Okinawa from the first stages of planning until the transition toward a civil administration.

Contents:

The governors

Organizing military government training

The navy's "Ivy League" civil affairs schools

Civil affairs officers and operation Iceberg

The battle for Okinawa

The ordeal of Japanese defense preparations, War comes to the Ryukyus

Refugee care

Military government organization: an assessment

Apathy and neglect

Okinawa and postwar strategy

Postwar military organization

Ambassadors in uniform?

Adding injury to insult

Social and political rehabilitation

Resettlement and repatriation

The revival of education

Political and judicial rehabilitation

Economic recovery and rehabilitation

Restoration of agriculture

The fishing industry transformed

Industry and commerce

Changing employment

Fiscal planning

Transforming Okinawa

America's expanded commitment

Revitalized construction efforts

The land issue

Summary and conclusion

Notes on sources

Part Two

Documenting the military government experience

Selected documents

Preparing civil affairs officers

The theory behind a military government program

Creating a local administration

Fostering political democracy

Developing a land claims policy.

Notes:

Later print version available for sale from the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2012.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (CMH, viewed July, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Fisch, Arnold G. Military government in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945-1950

OCLC:

785051714

Access Restriction:

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