Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950-7

This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war.Trefalt, Beatrice is the author of 'Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950-7', published 2003 under ISBN 9780415406284 and ISBN 0415406285.