Description: Tokyo Rose by Charles River Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts about Iva Toguri and her trial *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The subtle art of propaganda campaigns directed against ones enemies has been a feature of war since ancient times. However, its potential for mass psychological impact created a new paradigm with the invention of modern electronic communications. Every nation involved in the Second World War, whether of the Allies or Axis, possessed an agency devoted to the mission of demoralizing and misleading the enemy, and virtually all artistic genres participated. In America, Frank Capra, director of beloved films such as Its a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, also directed wartime films demonizing the Germanic personality. In a notable example, a training film warns young GIs that German women do not share a natural capacity for human ethics common to higher civilizations and therefore must be avoided. Theodore Geisel, beloved to Western children as Dr. Seuss, wrote stories stereotyping, demeaning, and demonizing the Japanese, complete with insulting and offensive illustrations. Radio Free Europe filled the airwaves with pro-western speech as a counter to communist expansion and diatribes about the otherness of enemy societies. Japanese propaganda was not a new invention to be used only against the United States. While the U.S. lacked any international audience, preaching mostly to its own, Japan disseminated propagandistic material throughout all the Asian countries it eventually intended to conquer. In the years leading up to World War II, an intense study led by the Japanese government delved into the details of American culture and customs, particularly those dear to men of fighting age. Both countries, at one time or another, assaulted the Chinese world image as represented by "yellow monkeys," or the "yellow peril." Both the U.S. and Japan made excellent use of the "war poster," but among the most striking was an American-created image of a naked white woman slung over the shoulder of a Japanese officer, as if the entire American nation would be raped if the empire was allowed to prevail. By 1945, Japanese animation was in full swing, producing films such Momotaro: Sacred Sailors. American officers are portrayed as bulbous idiots as the noble Japanese seamen save the island. By the end of the war, the U.S. instructed all copies to be destroyed, but one mysteriously survived. An American citizen stranded in Japan as an enemy alien during the war, Iva Toguri was a regular broadcaster on what became an ongoing thread of what she saw as entertainment for American sailors and their counterparts. The Japanese, generally unable to speak English with the necessary accuracy, sought to cause emotional fatigue among American forces through reminiscing over the music and memories of lost Americana. They believed that Toguri was the ideal on-air personality with whom to accomplish such an end. However, history is less certain as to what actually occurred in Toguris time at the microphone, and the bulk of examples have since been lost. Her true intentions in speaking for a country she never wished to visit and would not join as a citizen is still debated. Edwin O. Reischauer, an American ambassador from the 1960s, reflected on the Tokyo Rose story as "a mere wartime myth." Tokyo Rose: The History and Legacy of Iva Toguri and Japans Most Famous Propaganda Campaign during World War II examines the controversial career and legacy of the wars most famous radio propaganda campaign. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Tokyo Rose like never before. Details ISBN 1975859502 ISBN-13 9781975859503 Title Tokyo Rose Author Charles River Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 46 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:128839807; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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Book Title: Tokyo Rose: the History and Legacy of Iva Toguri and Japan's Most Famous Propaganda Campaign During World War II
Number of Pages: 46 Pages
Language: English
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Topic: Military / World War II
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: History
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Author: Charles River Charles River Editors
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