The Return of the Amami Islands: The Reversion Movement and U.S.-Japan Relations

by Robert D. Eldridge

From January 1946 through December 1953, the residents of the Amami Islands underwent a period now referred to as "ryuri no hibi (the days of trial)" like Okinawa, these islands had been politically and administratively separated from Japan and placed under U.S. military rule. In this work Robert D. Eldridge documents the drawn-out debates and the decisions that led to the complete reunification of the Amami Islands with Japan. He carefully traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739107100
• ISBN13: 9780739107102
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 168 Pages