Full Description
This work is an account of the China edition of the U.S. Army's daily newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, which was geared toward service personnel in the China Theater of Operations at the end of World War II and published for nearly a year. The book addresses Japanese repatriations, war-crime trials, the Chinese civil war and the rise of Communism as covered by the paper, and the paper's role in strengthening U.S. troop morale.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
I. Origins, Foundations and Early Operations of the China (Shanghai) Edition of the Stars and Stripes
II. The Home Front: The View from Afar
III. The Chinese Conundrum
IV. Growing GI Unrest: Ferment, Furor, and Occasional Favors
V. Japanese Problems: Repatriation and War Crimes Trials
VI. The China Scene Changes
VII. Two Redoubtable Staffers: Arthur Goodfriend and Franc Shor
VIII. Going Home
IX. The Worldwide Collapse of GI Morale
X. The Effects of Soldier Unrest on the Soldier Press
XI. The Marines
XII. The Conduct of Servicemen in Shanghai
XIII. The Marshall Mission
XIV. The Shanghai Stripes: Later Developments and "30"
XV. Conclusions
Chapter Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
