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The Tokyo Rose Case: Treason on Trial (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
Yasuhide Kawashima
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Description for The Tokyo Rose Case: Treason on Trial (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
Hardcover. The tragic tale of Iva Ikuku Toguri, an American citizen wrongly convicted of treason fo r allegedly engaging in traitorous acts as World War II's infamous Toyko Rose. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JPVH; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Iva Ikuku Toguri (1916–2006) was an American citizen, born on the 4th of July. Her parents, first-generation Japanese Americans, embraced their new nation and raised Iva to think, talk, and act like a patriotic American. But, despite her allegiance to the United States, she was forced to spend most of her adult life denying that she was a traitor or that she was World War II’s infamous Tokyo Rose.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, Iva was nursing an ailing aunt in Japan. Prevented from returning to home, she was viewed with suspicion by the Japanese authorities. They hounded ... Read more
Iva Ikuku Toguri (1916–2006) was an American citizen, born on the 4th of July. Her parents, first-generation Japanese Americans, embraced their new nation and raised Iva to think, talk, and act like a patriotic American. But, despite her allegiance to the United States, she was forced to spend most of her adult life denying that she was a traitor or that she was World War II’s infamous Tokyo Rose.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, Iva was nursing an ailing aunt in Japan. Prevented from returning to home, she was viewed with suspicion by the Japanese authorities. They hounded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619047
SKU
V9780700619047
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About Yasuhide Kawashima
Yasuhide Kawashima, a native of Nagasaki, is professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA and author of Igniting King Philip’s War: The John Sassamon Murder Trial and Puritan Justice and the Indian: White Man’s Law in Massachusetts, 1630–1763.
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