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Book SynopsisAn extended, objective analysis of the exploitation of the thousands of young Korean men who served in Japan's military and auxiliary occupations
Trade Review"Palmer’s study is long overdue in addressing Japan’s colonial policy and how the exigencies of war forced Tokyo to revise its initial policies for a people they long considered to be inferior. . . . [This book is] Essential."
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"Palmer's study is long overdue in addressing Japan's colonial policy and how the exigencies of war forced Tokyo to revise its initial policies for a people they long considered to be inferior. A must for any library seeking to upgrade its collection on the Pacific War."
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"[B]alanced, exhaustive, and textured….Palmer’s work must be placed with T. Fujitani’s Race for Empire as one of the two most important works on the subject in the English-language literature on the war period in Korea. It will certainly stand as the platform from which further study of the late colonial period will evolve."
-- Michael E. Robinson * Journal of Japanese Studies *
"Brandon Palmer’s study manages to achieve the often sought-after combination of brevity, readability, and greater historical awareness. . . . [A] fascinating, objective look at the experience of Korean men during the Second World War. Fighting for the Enemy does not set out to be an end-all history of colonial Korea, but anyone who wishes to study the period would be remiss if it wasn’t part of his or her collection."
-- Evan T. Daniels * Korean Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Korea’s Mobilization in context
2. The Korean Volunteer Soldier Systems
3. The Korean Conscription System
4. Mobilization of Colonial Labor
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
