Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 623 g
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 623 g
ISBN: 978-0-7864-9681-5
Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
This book questions that interpretation and reconsiders the actions of all three groups in their cultural contexts. A greater complexity is revealed: the violent nature of the March was largely the result of culture clash - undisciplined, individualistic Americans encountered Japanese who valued order and form. Filipinos are shown to have been active, even ambitious participants in the drama. Attention is paid to the crucial aspect of memory, how it is constructed, by whom and for what purpose. Most survivors wrote their accounts of the March decades after the war and a number of factors distorted their stories.