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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexander Astroth |
ISBN: | 9781476674568 1476674566 |
OCLC Number: | 1049791315 |
Description: | vii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Part 1. Before 1944 -- Prehistory and European colonization -- Japanese takeover of Saipan and Tinian -- Cultures and societies of Saipan and Tinian -- The Asia-Pacific war and islands' militarization -- Part 2. 1944 -- Saipan and Tinian invasions -- Mass civilian suicides -- Causes of the mass civilian suicides -- Non-suicide deaths and atrocities -- Civilian internment camps -- Number of civilian deaths and suicides -- Conclusion: aftermath. |
Responsibility: | Alexander Astroth. |
Abstract:
Mass suicides occurred during World War II when the Americans invaded and captured the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944. Historical scholarship on this topic is almost non-existent. This book provides readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why.
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- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands.
- Mass suicide -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
- Mass suicide -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
- Civilian war casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
- Civilian war casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
- Collective behavior.
- Micronesia.
- Suicide -- history
- Mass Behavior
- War-Related Injuries -- history
- World War II
- Micronesia
- Bataille de Saipan, Mariannes du Nord, 1944.
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Mariannes du Nord.
- Suicide collectif -- Mariannes du Nord -- Saipan.
- Guerre civile -- Pertes -- Mariannes du Nord -- Saipan.
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Pertes -- Mariannes du Nord -- Saipan.
- Comportement collectif.
- Micronésie.
- Battle casualties.
- Civilian war casualties.
- Mass suicide.
- Military campaigns.
- Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
- Northern Mariana Islands.
- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.