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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Astroth, Alexander, 1992- Mass suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] (DLC) 2019004703 (OCoLC)1049791315 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexander Astroth |
ISBN: | 9781476635163 1476635161 |
OCLC Number: | 1091029300 |
Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents: | Part 1. Before 1944 -- Prehistory and European colonization -- Japanese takeover of Saipan and Tinian -- Cultures and societies of Saipan and Tinian -- The Asia-Pacific war and islands' militarization -- Part 2. 1944 -- Saipan and Tinian invasions -- Mass civilian suicides -- Causes of the mass civilian suicides -- Non-suicide deaths and atrocities -- Civilian internment camps -- Number of civilian deaths and suicides -- Conclusion: aftermath. |
Responsibility: | Alexander Astroth. |
Abstract:
Mass suicides occurred during World War II when the Americans invaded and captured the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944. Historical scholarship on this topic is almost non-existent. This book provides readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why.
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