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"Besides writing an important history, Horne adds to our
understanding of the evolution of white supremacy."
--"Political Affairs"
"This is a challenging story, known to specialists but worth
retelling from a fresh perspecctive."
--" Library Journal"
"New studies of World War II and the Pacific War should be
conducted with an aim to learn from the forgotten people- the
'colored' people- in Asia and the Pacific. Horne's book provides a
valuable suggestion towards that lesson."
--"Diplomatic History"
"The strength of this book is that it leaves no claim
unsubstantiated, and that it does not paint a picture in black and
white. Horne does note vade the many contradictions that race
inserted into the complexities of the war, but tackles them with
analytic clarity."
--"Asia Views"
aHorneas analysis of the race problem and its role in World War
II is both brilliant and convincing.a --Virginia Review of Asian
Studies
aThis ambitious, transnational study makes a valuable and
proactive contribution to the growing literature devoted to the
racial aspects of the Pacific War.a
--Pacific Historical Review
aThis book is full of interesting information like this about
deep and wide repercussions of Japanas racial stance...a
--Journal of Imperial Commonwealth History.
Japan's lightning march across Asia during World War II was
swift and brutal. Nation after nation fell to Japanese soldiers.
How were the Japanese able to justify their occupation of so many
Asian nations? And how did they find supporters in countries they
subdued and exploited? Race War! delves into submerged and
forgotten history toreveal how European racism and colonialism were
deftly exploited by the Japanese to create allies among formerly
colonized people of color. Through interviews and original archival
research on five continents, Gerald Horne shows how race played a
key--and hitherto ignored--role in each phase of the war.
During the conflict, the Japanese turned white racism on its
head portraying the war as a defense against white domination in
the Pacific. We learn about the "reverse racial hierarchy"
practiced by the Japanese internment camps, in which whites were
placed at the bottom of the totem pole, under the supervision of
Chinese, Korean, and Indian guards--an embarrassing example of
racial payback that was downplayed by the defeated Japanese and the
humiliated Europeans and Euro-Americans.
Focusing on the microcosmic example of Hong Kong but ranging
from colonial India to New Zealand and the shores of the U.S.,
Gerald Horne "radically retells" the story of the war. From racist
U.S. propaganda to Black Nationalist open support of Imperial
Japan, information about the effect of race on U.S. and British
policy is revealed for the first time. This revisionist account of
the war draws connections between General Tojo, Malaysian freedom
fighters, and Elijah Muhammed of the Nation of Islam and shows how
white racism encouraged and enabled Japanese imperialism. In sum,
Horne demonstrates that the retreat of white supremacy was not only
driven by the impact of the Cold War and the energized militancy of
Africans and African-Americans but by the impact of the Pacific War
as well, as a chastened U.S. and U.K. moved vigorously after this
conflict to remove the conditions that made Japan's
successpossible.
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