Democracy Betrayed: Okinawa Under U.S. Occupation
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The U.S. Occupation of Okinawa is easily the best history, analysis, and commentary we have on the United States's domination from 1945 to 1972 over the unlucky people of Okinawa. It is written from an Okinawan perspective. Yoshida is of course aware that when the United States's formal dominion over Okinawa ended in 1972 and it condoned a pro forma "reversion" of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty, the semicolonial conditions he describes did not end. In fact, they continued and persist to the present day in an often exacerbated form. For the past fifty-six years, and with no end in sight, the American military has dominated the territory and 1.3 million people of the islands in total disregard of the values and wishes of the Okinawans themselves.
DOI: 10.25710/ktzf-8p94
Author: Yoshida, Kensei
Language: English
Topic: Japanese History and Culture
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2788095744