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Tokyo Rose/an American patriot : a dual biography / Frederick P. Close.
Explores the parallel lives of World War II legend Tokyo Rose and a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri. Close explores Toguri's character and decisions by placing her story and conviction for treason in the context of U.S. and Japanese racial views, Imperial Japan, and Cold War politics.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780810867772 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 081086777X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780810870253 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0810870258 (ebook)
- Physical Description: xvii, 522 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Baseball paths and two-lane blacktops: youth at full speed (1916-1940) -- A fateful letter in failing light (1940-1941) -- Tokyo Rose: origins of the legend (prewar) -- Collision with Japan: before Pearl Harbor (1941) -- At war and on her own (1942) -- The Toguris back home: internment (1942-1945) -- Barely surviving: a typist at Radio Tokyo (1943) -- A new career in broadcasting: Zero hour (1943-1944) -- Tokyo Rose: the legend of the radio siren (wartime) -- Black marketeer: the destruction of Imperial Japan (1944) -- War's end (1945) -- The scoop (1945) -- CIC and FBI investigations: exoneration and release (1946-1947) -- Into the Cold War: a furor grows (1947-1948) -- The perjurers: the FBI at work (1948-1949) -- The prosecution: United States v. Tokyo Rose (1949) -- The defense: Iva Toguri v. Tokyo Rose (1949) -- The verdict: United States v. Ira Toguri (1949) -- Alderson Federal Reformatory: failed appeals (1950-1959) -- The quest for a pardon (1960-2006) -- Epilogue. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | CT 275 .T717 C567 2010 | 30541256 | General Collection | Available | - |
Tokyo Rose / an American Patriot : A Dual Biography
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Tokyo Rose / an American Patriot : A Dual Biography
Frederick P. Close is a founder of the non-profit Southwest Center for Educational Television. He has spearheaded the production of 76 ethnographic documentaries produced throughout the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico and broadcast in four season-long series by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), as well as selected commercial television, radio, and cable channels in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
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