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245 10 a| Unjust enrichment :b| how Japan's companies built postwar fortunes using American POWs /c| Linda Goetz Holmes.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index.;

505 0 a| "A personal war, a dirty war" -- "We don't recognize the Red Cross" -- "The use of white POW is earnestly desired" -- Voyages in hell -- Mitsui : "we will send you to Omuta" -- Mitsui : hidden horror, hidden treasures -- Showa Denko : daily dangers -- NKK : hard times everywhere -- Mitsubishi : empire of exploitation -- Kawasaki : from slave laborers to subway riders -- Double-crossed relief -- "Not to leave any traces" -- Tokyo trials : the dog that did not bark -- What is a lifetime worth? -- Balancing the books.;

520 a| During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request of major Japanese companies. For more than 50 years, this story has gone untold--until now. Combining investigative research, personal interviews with more than 400 ex-POWs, excerpts from POW diaries, & samples of the more than 300 recently declassified documents, Pacific War historian Linda Goetz Holmes reveals the brutal & exploitative practices of Japanese companies during World War II.;

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Unjust enrichment : how Japan's companies built postwar fortunes using American POWs / Linda Goetz Holmes.

Author/creator	Holmes, Linda Goetz
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2001.
Description	xxii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. Industries--Japan. --History. --20th century. Prisoners of war--Japan. Prisoners of war--United States. Forced labor--Japan. --History. --20th century. Industrial mobilization--Japan. --History. --20th century.

Contents	"A personal war, a dirty war" -- "We don't recognize the Red Cross" -- "The use of white POW is earnestly desired" -- Voyages in hell -- Mitsui : "we will send you to Omuta" -- Mitsui : hidden horror, hidden treasures -- Showa Denko : daily dangers -- NKK : hard times everywhere -- Mitsubishi : empire of exploitation -- Kawasaki : from slave laborers to subway riders -- Double-crossed relief -- "Not to leave any traces" -- Tokyo trials : the dog that did not bark -- What is a lifetime worth? -- Balancing the books.
Abstract	During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request of major Japanese companies. For more than 50 years, this story has gone untold--until now. Combining investigative research, personal interviews with more than 400 ex-POWs, excerpts from POW diaries, & samples of the more than 300 recently declassified documents, Pacific War historian Linda Goetz Holmes reveals the brutal & exploitative practices of Japanese companies during World War II.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Holmes, Linda Goetz. Unjust enrichment. 1st ed. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2001
LCCN	00058375
ISBN	0811718441
ISBN	9780811718448

Unjust enrichment : how Japan's companies built postwar fortunes using American POWs / Linda Goetz Holmes.

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