The Blue-Eyed Enemy :Japan against the West in Java and Luzon, 1942-1945 ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Japan against the West in Java and Luzon, 1942-1945

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Friend Theodore;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400859467

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691055244

Subject: K342.42 Japanese occupation period (1942 - 1945)

Keyword: 亚洲史

Language: ENG

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The Blue-Eyed Enemy is a comprehensive account of the interwoven histories of the three major archipelago-nations of the West Pacific during the years of the Second World War. Theodore Friend examines Japanese colonialism in Indonesia and the Philippines as an example of recurring patterns of domination and repression in that region. He depicts Japanese rule in Greater East Asia as expressive of the folly of the general who exhorted his troops "to annihilate the blue-eyed enemy and their black slaves." At the same time he clearly shows where the return of Western power aimed at new links between conqueror and conquered, or lords and bondsmen. Throughout the work one encounters an infectious sympathy for those afflicted by imperialism and racism from whatever source, at whatever time.

The book is based on documentary research in Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, as well as in the United States and the Netherlands, and on over one hundred interviews with major actors and key observers of the era. The analysis balances an eclectic use of social science perspectives with a humanistic concreteness, and leads to new understanding of leaders like Sukarno and Hatta, Jose P. Laurel and Benigno Aquino, Sr., and Generals Yamashita and MacArthur. As comparative tropical history, it elucidates the contrasting cultural traditions and political psychologies of Indonesia and the Philippines and explains why 1945 was a year of dramatic contrast: "reoccupation" and revolu

Chapter

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

List of Tables

Preface

Preface

Abbreviations and Transliterations

Abbreviations and Transliterations

Introduction: Liberators and Oppressors in Southeast Asia

Introduction: Liberators and Oppressors in Southeast Asia

The "Holy War for Asian Liberation"

The "Holy War for Asian Liberation"

Sovereignty Contests in Southeast Asia

Sovereignty Contests in Southeast Asia

Images of Bonded Indentity and Conflict

Images of Bonded Indentity and Conflict

Sukarno and Quezon as Bondsmen and Lords

Sukarno and Quezon as Bondsmen and Lords

1. Dependence and Development Under Dutch and American Rule

1. Dependence and Development Under Dutch and American Rule

Indonesia and the Philippines in 1931: An Overview

Indonesia and the Philippines in 1931: An Overview

Economic Dependence and Development

Economic Dependence and Development

Educational Development

Educational Development

Political and Administrative Development

Political and Administrative Development

2. Expression and Repression Under Dutch and American Rule

2. Expression and Repression Under Dutch and American Rule

The Dutch: Pid, Surveillance, and Internment

The Dutch: Pid, Surveillance, and Internment

The Americans and the "Argus-Eyed Constabulary"

The Americans and the "Argus-Eyed Constabulary"

Imperial Style in the Great Depression

Imperial Style in the Great Depression

3. Japan as Successor Empire

3. Japan as Successor Empire

Defeating the Blue-Eyed Enemy

Defeating the Blue-Eyed Enemy

Hakkō Ichiu and Absorption of the South

Hakkō Ichiu and Absorption of the South

Military Administration: Structure and Leaders

Military Administration: Structure and Leaders

Military Administration: Policy and Style

Military Administration: Policy and Style

4. Expectation and Mobilization in Java and Luzon

4. Expectation and Mobilization in Java and Luzon

Javanese Messianism and Filipino Meliorism

Javanese Messianism and Filipino Meliorism

Leadership: Characters, Styles, and Situations

Leadership: Characters, Styles, and Situations

Mobilization and Order in Java

Mobilization and Order in Java

Mobilization and Pluralism in Luzon

Mobilization and Pluralism in Luzon

5. Toward a Republic: Indonesia

5. Toward a Republic: Indonesia

Reluctant Promises

Reluctant Promises

A Constitution and Its Ideology

A Constitution and Its Ideology

Independence: Imperial Decree

Independence: Imperial Decree

Independence: National Proclamation

Independence: National Proclamation

6. Transition Republic: The Philippines

6. Transition Republic: The Philippines

The Third Philippine Constitution

The Third Philippine Constitution

Independence in Alliance with Japan

Independence in Alliance with Japan

Declaration of War Against the Allies

Declaration of War Against the Allies

Evacuation and Dissolution of the Republic

Evacuation and Dissolution of the Republic

7. Encounters in the Asian Family

7. Encounters in the Asian Family

Older Brother, Younger Brother

Older Brother, Younger Brother

Interpreting: Hamamoto and Shimizu

Interpreting: Hamamoto and Shimizu

Reinterpreting: Chainl Anwar and S. P. Lopez

Reinterpreting: Chainl Anwar and S. P. Lopez

8. Assistance and Resistance

8. Assistance and Resistance

Rice Collection

Rice Collection

Labor Conscription

Labor Conscription

Military Auxiliaries

Military Auxiliaries

Undergrounds and Guerrillas

Undergrounds and Guerrillas

9. Japanese Repression in Victory and Defeat

9. Japanese Repression in Victory and Defeat

Repressive Style and Agency

Repressive Style and Agency

The Kenpeitai in Java

The Kenpeitai in Java

The Kenpeitai in Luzon

The Kenpeitai in Luzon

Repressors as Losers

Repressors as Losers

The Holy War in Kenpei Memory

The Holy War in Kenpei Memory

10. Revolution in Java

10. Revolution in Java

Power Vacuum

Power Vacuum

Postures of the Japanese

Postures of the Japanese

National Revolution

National Revolution

Rebelling and Governing

Rebelling and Governing

The Character of the Revolution

The Character of the Revolution

11. Binational Restoration in Luzon

11. Binational Restoration in Luzon

Power Plenum

Power Plenum

Liberation as Restoration

Liberation as Restoration

Orphan Security: The Bases

Orphan Security: The Bases

A Bilateral Political Economy

A Bilateral Political Economy

Parity Rights as Binational Seal

Parity Rights as Binational Seal

Myth of Perfection, Facts of Dependence

Myth of Perfection, Facts of Dependence

Conclusion: Dynamics of Empire and Liberation

Conclusion: Dynamics of Empire and Liberation

Imperial Dynamics

Imperial Dynamics

Dependence and Repression: The Japanese Demand

Dependence and Repression: The Japanese Demand

Co-Optation and Revolt: Indonesian Response to the Japanese

Co-Optation and Revolt: Indonesian Response to the Japanese

Rejection and Reversion: Filipino Response to the Japanese

Rejection and Reversion: Filipino Response to the Japanese

Nostalgia and Filialism

Nostalgia and Filialism

Mirroring and Mutual Dependence

Mirroring and Mutual Dependence

"Blue-Eyed Enemy" and "Blue-Eyed Friend"

"Blue-Eyed Enemy" and "Blue-Eyed Friend"

Aggrandizement and Diminishment in Imperial-National Dynamics

Aggrandizement and Diminishment in Imperial-National Dynamics

Empire, Liberty, and Mutual Bonding

Empire, Liberty, and Mutual Bonding

The Sources: A Bibliographic Essay

The Sources: A Bibliographic Essay

Index

Index

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