The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra - Couverture souple

 
9786028397100: The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 6028397105 ISBN 13 : 9786028397100
Editeur : Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This collection of memoirs by the Japanese military police (the Kenpeitai) of World War II is often infuriating and frustrating (these disciplined and fanatical former officers freely terrorized and repressed the native populations of Southeast Asia for such crimes as Marxism, Islam, and nationalism). Yet they are documents of great historical significance. The men are self-deceiving and self-glorifying rather than apologetic or self-critical, but the reader is allowed a rare glimpse of what a mind or mind-set justifies to itself during a state of war. These memoirs (only certain Indonesian sections are published here) clarify obscure motives and historical moments of the events during the Pacific War and the Japanese occupation.

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Éditeur
Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
6028397105
ISBN 13 
9786028397100
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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