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Fighting for the Enemy: Koreans in Japan's War, 1937-1945
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Fighting for the Enemy: Koreans in Japan's War, 1937-1945 Hardcover - 2013

by Brandon Palmer


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Fighting for the Enemy explores the participation of Koreans in the Japanese military and supporting industries before and during World War II, first through voluntary enlistment and eventually through conscription. Contrary to popular belief among Korean nationalists, this involvement was not entirely coerced. Brandon Palmer examines this ambiguous situation in the context of Japan's long-term colonial effort to assimilate Koreans into Japanese sociopolitical life and documents the many ways Koreans-short of openly resisting-avoided full cooperation with Japanese war efforts.

Much media attention has been given to Japan's exploitation of "comfort women" in Korea and elsewhere in East Asia during the colonial period, but, until now, there has been no extended, objective analysis of the exploitation of the thousands of young Korean men who served in Japan's military and auxiliary occupations.

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  • Title Fighting for the Enemy: Koreans in Japan's War, 1937-1945
  • Author Brandon Palmer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press
  • Date 2013-07-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780295992570 / 0295992573
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.69 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Korea - History - Japanese occupation,, World War, 1939-1945 - Korea
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013011466
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.540

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About the author

Brandon Palmer is associate professor of history at Carolina Coastal University in Conway, South Carolina.

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