Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot: A Dual Biography

by Frederick Phelps Close

Book Overview

Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot explores the parallel lives of World War II legend Tokyo Rose and a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri. Trapped in Tokyo during the war and forced to broadcast on Japanese radio, Toguri nonetheless refused to renounce her U.S. citizenship and surreptitiously aided Allied POWs. Despite these patriotic actions, she foolishly identified herself to the press after the war as Tokyo Rose.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442232056
• ISBN13: 9781442232051
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"