Military Government in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945-1950

by Arnold G. Fisch

The struggle for Okinawa was the last battle of World War II and the bloodiest campaign in the Pacific against Imperial Japan. Long before the battle ended, U.S. Army civil affairs officers began the task of providing essential services for the island's war-torn population. This volume is an authoritative account of the Army's military government efforts on Okinawa from the first stages of planning until the transition toward a civil administration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410218791
• ISBN13: 9781410218797
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"