Resistant Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States

by Norimatsu Satoko, Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Gavan McCormack

Book Overview

Resistant Islands offers an overview of Okinawan history, focusing on the colonization by Japan, its fate during World War II, and its status as a US military base. This new edition includes an analysis of events since the book first published, including the deployment of MV-22 Ospreys, the approval of the new base, and the "all-Okinawa movement."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442215631
• ISBN13: 9781442215634
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"