Henry Scott Stokes

Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1941, Imperial Japan rapidly brought an end to the British Empire in Asia. Because a non-white race dared to upset the white colonialists' status quo in Asia, the British resented the Japanese long after the war. Mr. Henry Scott-Stokes states that he held such a view as well before arriving in Japan as a foreign correspondent. Mr. Scott-Stokes writes of his transformation, of uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist's version of the Greater East Asian War, the so-called Pacific War, to realization of its absolute vacuousness. "[The Japanese]," he states, "were supposed to simply accept, without any criticism or opposition whatsoever, the noble wisdom of civilization [the verdicts of the Tokyo Trials]."
Mindless parroting of historical fabrications by modern Japanese suggests a loss of national consciousness, of what it means to be Japanese, as Yukio Mishima expressed in his discussions with Mr. Scott-Stokes. Japan lost her independence to America and is merely a protectorate and not a nation with her own culture and history. Japanese people need to take it upon themselves to change this situation. Mr. Stokes' mother-in-law, however, wryly commented that today's Japanese are cowards, so it will take another 200 or 300 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761868101
• Artikelnr.: 47048296

Autorenporträt

By Henry Scott Stokes

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Chapter One: US Army Tanks in England, My Homeland
Chapter Two: Is Japan the Only Country That Committed War Crimes? Chapter
Three: What Was the Objective of Yukio Mishima's Suicide? Chapter Four:
Osaka City Mayor Toru Hashimoto's Press Conference and the "Comfort Women"
Issue Chapter Five: Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Silent About "Nanking
Massacre" Chapter Six: What Was the Meaning of Voices of the Heroic Dead?
Chapter Seven: Japan as the Light of Hope for Asia Chapter Eight: Asian
Leaders I Have Met Chapter Nine: Memorable People Chapter Ten: People of
Japan, Take Pride in Your History