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02331cam a2200325Ia 4500 001 4865DA0C6C0611DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730152718 008 081009r20082001ctua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781568526751 020 $a 156852675X 040 $a JYJ $c JYJ $d SILO $d UIR $d SILO 100 1 $a Holmes, Linda Goetz. 245 1 $a Unjust enrichment : $b how Japan's companies built postwar fortunes using American POWs / $c Linda Goetz Holmes. 250 $a 2nd ed. 260 $a Old Saybrook, CT : $b Konecky & Konecky, $c 2008, c2001. 300 $a xxii, 202 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index. 505 0 $a "A personal war, a dirty war" -- "We don't recognize the Red Cross" -- "The use of white POW is earnestly desired" -- Voyages in hell -- Mitsui : "we will send you to Omuta" -- Mitsui : hidden horror, hidden treasures -- Showa Denko : daily dangers -- NKK : hard times everywhere -- Mitsubishi : empire of exploitation -- Kawasaki : from slave laborers to subway riders -- Double-crossed relief -- "Not to leave any traces" -- Tokyo trials : the dog that did not bark -- What is a lifetime worth? -- Balancing the books. 520 $a During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request of major Japanese companies. For more than 50 years, this story has gone untold--until now. Combining investigative research, personal interviews with more than 400 ex-POWs, excerpts from POW diaries, & samples of the more than 300 recently declassified documents, Pacific War historian Linda Goetz Holmes reveals the brutal & exploitative practices of Japanese companies during World War II. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 650 0 $a Industries $z Japan $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Japan. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z United States. 650 0 $a Forced labor $z Japan $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Industrial mobilization $z Japan $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4865DA0C6C0611DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b UIRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search