Henry Scott Stokes

Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist

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Produktbeschreibung

British journalist Henry Scott-Stokes describes the transformation of his understanding of the Greater East Asian War (the so-called Pacific War) from uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist's version to realization of its absolute vacuousness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780761868095
• ISBN-10: 0761868097
• Artikelnr.: 45189425

Autorenporträt

Henry Scott Stokes was born in England in 1938. After earning an undergraduate degree from Oxford University, he joined the Financial Times, Inc. He became Tokyo Bureau Chief of The Times and became Tokyo Bureau Chief of The New York Times. He is the author of The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc., New York).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Chapter One: US Army Tanks in England, My Homeland
Chapter Two: Is Japan the Only Country That Committed War Crimes? Chapter
Three: What Was the Objective of Yukio Mishima's Suicide? Chapter Four:
Osaka City Mayor Toru Hashimoto's Press Conference and the "Comfort Women"
Issue Chapter Five: Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Silent About "Nanking
Massacre" Chapter Six: What Was the Meaning of Voices of the Heroic Dead?
Chapter Seven: Japan as the Light of Hope for Asia Chapter Eight: Asian
Leaders I Have Met Chapter Nine: Memorable People Chapter Ten: People of
Japan, Take Pride in Your History