Casualties of History

K. Pennington Lee

Description

Thousands of wounded servicemen returned to Japan following the escalation of Japanese military aggression in China in July 1937. Tens of thousands would return home after Japan widened its war effort in 1939. In Casualties of History, Lee K. Pennington relates for the first time in English the experiences of Japanese wounded soldiers and disabled veterans of Japan's "long" Second World War (from 1937 to 1945). He maps the terrain of Japanese military medicine and social welfare practices and establishes the similarities and differences that existed between Japanese and Western physical, occupational, and spiritual rehabilitation programs for war-wounded servicemen, notably amputees. To exemplify the experience of these wounded soldiers, Pennington draws on the memoir of a Japanese soldier who describes in gripping detail his medical evacuation from a casualty clearing station on the front lines and his medical convalescence at a military hospital. Moving from the hospital to the home front, Pennington documents the prominent roles adopted by disabled veterans in mobilization campaigns designed to rally popular support for the war effort. Following Japan's defeat in August 1945, U.S. Occupation forces dismantled the social welfare services designed specifically for disabled military personnel, which brought profound consequences for veterans and their dependents. Using a wide array of written and visual historical sources, Pennington tells a tale that until now has been neglected by English-language scholarship on Japanese society. He gives us a uniquely Japanese version of the all-too-familiar story of soldiers who return home to find their lives (and bodies) remade by combat.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Modern warfare
• Veteran
• World War II
• History of Asia
• Japan

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 06 mai 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801455629
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Casualtîes o Hîstory

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

The Studîes o the Weatherhead East Asîan Instîtute o Columbîa Unîversîty were înaugurated în 1962 to brîng to a wîder publîc the results o sîgnîficant new research on modern and contemporary East Asîa.

Casualtîes o Hîstory

Wounded Japanese Servîcemen and the Second World War

Lee K. Pennîngton

Cornell Unîversîty Press Ithaca and London

Cornell Unîversîty Press grateully acknowledges receîpt o support rom the Faculty Development Fund at the U.S. Naval Academy, whîch aîded în the publîcatîon o thîs book.

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Fîrst publîshed 2015 by Cornell Unîversîty Press Prînted în the Unîted States o Amerîca

Lîbrary o Congress Catalogîng-în-Publîcatîon Data Pennîngton, Lee, 1972– author.  Casualtîes o hîstory : wounded Japanese servîcemen and the Second World War / Lee Pennîngton.  pages cm. — (Studîes o the Weatherhead East Asîan Instîtute, Columbîa Unîversîty)  Includes bîblîographîcal reerences and îndex.  ISBN 978-0-8014-5257-4 (cloth : alk. paper)  1. Dîsabled veterans—Japan—Hîstory—20th century. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Veterans—Japan. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Casualtîes— Japan. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Medîcal care—Japan. 5. War and socîety—Japan—Hîstory—20th century. I. Tîtle.  D810.V42J37 2015  940.54'7552—dc23 2014031415

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Cover desîgn: Davîd Baldeosîngh Rotsteîn.

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Cover îmage:Let’s Give Thanks to Disabled Veterans,a translucent cellophaneposterdesîgnedtobeplacedînatraînortrolleycar wîndow,undatedbutc.1938–1945.CreatedbytheSakhalînBrancho the Mîlîtary Support Assocîatîon (Gunjîn Engokaî).

For my amîly

The seaman’s story îs o tempest, the ploughman o hîs team o bulls, The soldîer tells hîs wounds, the shepherd hîs tale o sheep . . . —Sextus Propertîus,ElegiesBook II, 1:43

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes for the Reader

Contents

Introductîon 1. Fundamentals o Mîlîtary Support în Prewar Japan 2. Medîcal Treatment across the Sea 3. Comprehensîve Care behînd the Guns 4. Protectîng Dîsabled Veterans durîng Wartîme 5. “Whîte-Robed Heroes” în Wartîme Mass Culture 6. Occupatîonal Rehabîlîtatîon

Notes Bibliography Index

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Illustratîons

I.1. Photograph o a double-amputee veteran solîcîtîng contrîbutîons on the streets o Tokyo, undated (c. 1950–1951). I.2. Promotîonal flyer announcîng the openîng o the Shōkeîkan, 2006. 1.1. Text and îllustratîon rom a sîxth-grade ethîcs reader lesson on the Haîheîîn, 1923. 1.2. Illustratîon o wounded Japanese and Russîan soldîers o the Russo-Japanese War, 1904. 1.3. Illustratîon o Nogî Maresuke and a “crîppled soldîer” at the Haîheîîn, 1913. 1.4.Crippled Soldierby Kosugî Hōan (Mîseî), 1907. 1.5.Echoes of the Nation’s Support, 1932. 2.1. Schematîc dîagram o echelons o IJA medîcal care acîlîtîes, 1942. 2.2. Front cover oThe Fighting Artificial Arm, 1941. 2.3. Illustratîons romSanitary Guidance and First Aid Instructions, 1930. 2.4. Photograph o women gathered outsîde Yasukunî Shrîne în Tokyo to contrîbute stîtches to asenninbari(“thousand-stîtch belt”), undated (c. 1938–1944). 2.5. Dîagrams o amputatîon technîques rom the IJN medîcal manualWar Wounds, 1943.

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