Okinawa and Jeju: Bases of Discontent

by Donald Kirk

Book Overview

This book investigates for the first time the parallels between two island appendages of much larger governments - Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, in ferment over historic US bases; Jeju embroiled over a new South Korean naval base. The people of Okinawa and Jeju share a common fear of bloody conflict again erupting around them and suspect their governments would sacrifice their interests in a much larger war in a fight for regional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137379081
• ISBN13: 9781137379085
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"