Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in U.S.-Japan relations : American strategy, Japanese territory, and the islanders in-between / Robert D. Eldridge.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Eldridge, Robert D., author.

Contributor:

Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)--History--20th century.

Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan).

Bonin Islands (Japan)--History--20th century.

Bonin Islands (Japan).

Japan--Territories and possessions--History--20th century.

Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)--Strategic aspects.

Bonin Islands (Japan)--History--Strategic aspects.

Island people--Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)--History--20th century.

Island people.

Island people--Japan--Bonin Islands--History--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Diplomatic relations.

Japanese territories and possessions.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Japan--Bonin Islands.

Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 554 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in United States-Japan relations

American strategy, Japanese territory, and the islanders in-between

Place of Publication:

Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Like my two other books about security and territorial issues in the U.S.-Japan relationship, The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem: Okinawa in U.S.-Japan Relations, 1945-19523 and The Return of the Amami Islands: The Reversion Movement and U.S.-Japan Relations, 4 this is first and foremost a study on the "intra-alliance" dynamics in which one country, the United States, continued to occupy and administer islands that were recognized as Japanese territory but, for a number of reasons, the United States and its wartime allies felt necessary to continue to administer. The longer this control continued, the more unnecessary it was seen by increasingly larger segments of the public and government of both countries due to the political erosion of the relationship caused by this friction. The question for policy makers and political leaders was finding the balance between security concerns, reversion demands, and national sentiment (in both countries), particularly as it related to the memory and sacrifices at Iwo Jima, in an effort to maintain friendly and cooperative relations. Eventually, the U.S. government agreed to Japanese requests to return the islands and this was done on 26 June 1968, a full four years prior to the even more problematic, but strategically important, Okinawa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-) and index.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed December 13, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Eldridge, Robert D. Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands in U.S.-Japan relations

OCLC:

965821390