The Japanese War

London University's WWII Secret Teaching Programme and the Experts Sent to Help Beat Japan
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-1-873410-33-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Translated by Ann Kaneko. How British school pupils were recruited to learn in 18 months or less what was then considered to be the most difficult language in the world, in order to become translators, interpreters and interrogators for the allied effort in the Pacific War - a staggering 648 experts in the period 1942-47.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oba, Sadao

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Shutting the Stable-Door, The Courses, The ‘Japanese’ War, Into Action, In South East Asia at the End of the War, With the Occupation Army in Japan, The War-Time Courses Assessed, What Became of the Instructors and Students after the War, The Legacy of the War-Time Courses, Appendices, Bibliography, Facsimile documents, Index, Maps

Über Autor(innen)

Sadao Oba