Alfred Emile Cornebise

The Shanghai Stars and Stripes

Witness to the Transition to Peace, 1945-1946

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work is an account of the China edition of the U.S. Army's daily newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, which was geared toward service personnel in the China Theater of Operations at the end of World War II and published for nearly a year. The book addresses Japanese repatriations, war-crime trials, the Chinese civil war and the rise of Communism as covered by the paper, and the paper's role in strengthening U.S. troop morale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9780786447565
• ISBN-10: 0786447567
• Artikelnr.: 28178906

Autorenporträt

Alfred Emile Cornebise is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. A Korean War veteran, he is the author of 14 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
I. Origins, Foundations and Early Operations of the China (Shanghai)
Edition of the Stars and Stripes     
II. The Home Front: The View from Afar     
III. The Chinese Conundrum     
IV. Growing GI Unrest: Ferment, Furor, and Occasional Favors     
V. Japanese Problems: Repatriation and War Crimes Trials     
VI. The China Scene Changes     
VII. Two Redoubtable Staffers: Arthur Goodfriend and Franc Shor     
VIII. Going Home     
IX. The Worldwide Collapse of GI Morale     
X. The Effects of Soldier Unrest on the Soldier Press     
XI. The Marines     
XII. The Conduct of Servicemen in Shanghai     
XIII. The Marshall Mission     
XIV. The Shanghai Stripes: Later Developments and "30"     
XV. Conclusions     
Chapter Notes     
Selected Bibliography     
Index