Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II

Contents

C O N T E N T S List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Note on Romanization and Naming xix Commonly Used Acronyms xxi Introduction Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers and the Politics of Disavowal 1 part one from vulgar to polite racism 1. Right to Kill, Right to Make Live: Koreans as Japanese 35 2. “Very Useful and Very Dangerous”: The Global Politics of Life, Death, and Race 78 part two japanese as americans 3. Subject to Choice, Labyrinth of (Un)freedom 125 4. Reasoning, Counterreasonings, and Counter-conduct 163 5. Go for Broke, the Movie: The Transwar Making of American Heroes 206 part three koreans as japanese 6. National Mobilization 239 7. Nation, Blood, and Self-Determination 299 8. The Colonial and National Politics of Gender, Sex, and Family 335 Epilogue “Four Volunteer Soldiers” 375 Notes 387 Selected Bibliography 447 Index 469 ...