Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During Wo - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374261078ISBN-10:374261075UPC:9780374261078Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Modern, International RelationsBook Topic:World War II, 20th Century, DiplomacySize:9.07 x 5.99 x 1.66 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC0XPJVVDH
Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal​, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During W​o
An untold story of idealism, betrayal, and behind-the-scenes American-Japanese contacts in World War II.
In the fall of 1943, during some of the Pacific theater's bloodiest battles, the United States and Japan pulled off a diplomatic coup-- the exchange of civilians caught on the wrong side of the battlefield after Pearl Harbor. Nearly fifteen hundred Allied civilians trapped in Asia, mostly...Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374261078ISBN-10:374261075UPC:9780374261078Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Modern, International RelationsBook Topic:World War II, 20th Century, DiplomacySize:9.07 x 5.99 x 1.66 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC0XPJVVDH
Evelyn Iritani is the author of An Ocean Between Us: The Changing Relationship of Japan and the United States Told in Four Stories from the Life of an American Town. She is a former reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Los Angeles Times, where her reporting garnered numerous awards, including the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series she coauthored on Wal-Mart.
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