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The Shanghai Stars and Stripes: Witness to the Transition to Peace, 1945-1946
Author(s): Alfred Emile Cornebise (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publication Date: Jan. 18 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 198 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786447567
- ISBN-13: 9780786447565
Book 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.
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About the Author
Alfred Emile Cornebise is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. A Korean War veteran, he is the author of 14 books.
