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Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot explores the parallel lives of World War II legend Tokyo Rose and a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri. Trapped in Tokyo during the war and forced to broadcast on Japanese radio, Toguri nonetheless refused to renounce her U.S. citizenship and surreptitiously aided Allied POWs. Despite these patriotic actions, she foolishly identified herself to the press after the war as Tokyo Rose. An examination of U.S.-monitored English language radio transcripts from Japan between December, 1941 and April, 1942 shows only one innocuous broadcast by a female. Yet in April, 1942 a news correspondent with the U.S. Navy reported that sailors in the Pacific theater routinely listened to Tokyo Rose's propaganda.
This book assembles for the first time a collection of images from American pre-war popular culture that provided impetus for the legend. It analyzes the wartime situation of servicemen, which caused their imaginations to create the mythical femme fatale even though no Japanese announcer ever used the name Tokyo Rose. Using interviews conducted over decades, this dual biography also explores Toguri's character and decisions by placing her story and conviction for treason in the context of U.S. and Japanese racial views, Imperial Japan, and Cold War politics. New research findings prompt a different perspective on her sensational trial, the most expensive in U.S. history up to that time. Misguided strategy by Toguri's defense attorney and her deceptive testimony about a key event led to the jury's verdict as surely as the perjury suborned by prosecutors.
- Sales Rank: #2334700 in Books
- Published on: 2009-12-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.42" h x 1.52" w x 6.38" l, 2.20 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 544 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. One of WWII's most sensational stories was that of Tokyo Rose: a Japanese radio propagandist who demoralized American soldiers with stories of their wives' infidelity and impossibly accurate knowledge of U.S. troop movements. The Tokyo Rose story thrilled and horrified Americans, especially when an American citizen, Iva Toguri, was arrested for being the nefarious broadcaster-the problem, the U.S. government soon realized, was that Toguri was forced into the position of propagandist, had not actually broken any laws, and had even helped American POWs. Still, public opinion demanded that they prosecute, and she was ultimately convicted of treason. By treating Tokyo Rose, the Pacific legend, and Iva Toguri, the American citizen trapped by circumstance, as separate people, Close reaches into the heart of Cold War tension. Meticulously researched, Close's case explains not only why Toguri was not a traitor, but also why the American people, in a time of desperation, needed to believe she was. The result will prove compelling and readable for those interested in the Pacific theater, propaganda studies, or the history of the Cold War; though lengthy, Close makes his 500-plus pages worthwhile with a rich sense of context and detailed notes.
From Booklist
Dubbed a dual biography, this personal history parallels the legend of the infamous—and largely fictitious—Tokyo Rose with the true story of American patriot Iva Toguri. Trapped in Japan for the duration of World War II, Toguri nevertheless exploited her position as an English-speaking disk jockey to aid Allied POWs in Tokyo’s brutal Bunka Camp. After the war, Toguri, accused of being Tokyo Rose, provided a convenient scapegoat for Americans eager to point fingers and assess blame. Tried and wrongly convicted of treason, Toguri, an unfortunate victim of time and circumstances, deserves another day in the court of public opinion. Close gives his subject her due by interweaving the straightforward facts of her life with the fanciful mythology of Tokyo Rose. World War II buffs will appreciate this attempt to set the record straight. --Margaret Flanagan
Review
Close's skill as a storyteller compels one to keep reading. (Nichi Bei Weekly)
Dubbed a dual biography, this personal history parallels the legend of the infamous―and largely fictitious―Tokyo Rose with the true story of American patriot Iva Toguri. Tried and wrongly convicted of treason, Toguri, an unfortunate victim of time and circumstances, deserves another day in the court of public opinion. Close gives his subject her due by interweaving the straightforward facts of her life with the fanciful mythology of Tokyo Rose. World War II buffs will appreciate this attempt to set the record straight. (Booklist)
Close sets out to tell a 'dual biography' that compares and combines the 'lives' of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American who found herself trapped in Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and eventually became a broadcaster for the Zero Hour program produced by Radio Tokyo, and Tokyo Rose, the fictive temptress whose radio propaganda aimed to undermine US soldiers' morale in the Pacific. Presenting a thorough accounting of both Toguri and Tokyo Rose from their respective 'births' on, Close explores how a variety of forces―including racial hostilities exacerbated by the war, curiosity about the 'true' identity of Tokyo Rose, increasing Cold War tensions, and even Toguri's ambition and nalveté―all helped to forever connect Toguri, no matter how unfairly, to the treasonous (though fictional) broadcaster. Close covers his subject in exacting...detail....Though Tokyo Rose has received a good deal of scholarly attention, Close's very accessible book provides a meticulous history that presents intriguing insights and raises new questions through its novel approach. Summing Up: Recommended. (CHOICE)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
I have a new hero
By J. Elnora Welker
This book is a must-read for biography lovers - a double helping, so to speak, in that it's about two lives - one, the real life of a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri, who was an American citizen, and the mythical creation, a siren/villan named Tokyo Rose. Frederick P. Close approaches both through Plutarch's "Parallel Lives," and brings them both to vivid life as he describes how their identities intersected during World War II.
This is one of the first books I've read in a long time that I absolutely did not want to put down -- even though it weighs in at probably 5 pounds and slightly over 500 pages. Yet despite the sometimes daunting chapter notes, which you really need to read to get a more fully fleshed view, and the books length, Mr. Close keeps the two story lines going brilliantly, peppering them with humor, and often resorting to eloquent prose. Iva Toguri comes into clear focus as a true American hero, not without flaws, but as a woman of integrity. We should all learn from her. Integrity, Mr. Close maintains, is the ultimate weapon we all possess to survive, no matter what hardships prevail. I want to be like her.
Tokyo Rose, who became Iva's own worst enemy, is also a fascinating character, mainly because she's completely made up by all of us, and her transformations and transgressions are absolutely amazing -- we all did a great job of birthing her. I say we, because in the final analysis, humans made her human. There was no Tokyo Rose, and Iva Toguri never even heard of "her" until after the war ended.
Meticulously researched, lovingly drawn (I understand it took many years to write and publish, and Mr. Close himself is to be complimented for his dogged refusal to give up.), this is a moving, exciting, biography filled with intrigue, excitement, and humor, and an historical treasure trove depicting a time in our history that is both uplifting, and chilling.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Biography worth reading.
By Monsieur Mouton
I picked this up on a whim. Having been born long after the `Tokyo Rose' debacle was settled, I'd rarely heard the name and next to nothing about the woman herself. As far as I knew, she was another Lord Haw-Haw putting out WWII propaganda and nothing more. This biography was truly illuminating! Iva Toguri, the woman ill-fated to become `Tokyo Rose,' was the victim of astounding circumstances. `Rose' was not a genuine person, but the unfortunate creation of war-time culture and sensationalism. Iva Toguri, however, was a very real American citizen, who found herself trapped in Imperial Japan throughout World War II only to return home accused of treason. Frederick Close, who knew Iva in her later years (Close goes to great depths to provide, I think, an unbiased biography), has accomplished an incredible feat of research that extends as far back as Iva's childhood in LA, to her hard years in Japan, her American trials, and beyond her attempt for appeal. Toguri's biography is paired, as the title notes, with the biography of `Tokyo Rose,' delving into the myth's creation and continuing survival. There is a great wealth of detail and information of both subjects here, as well as a plenitude of research on the people, places, and events Iva encountered throughout her long life. A well-written and entertaining look into the culture of WWII and a woman trapped by circumstance.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
The Definitive Bio on Iva Toguri
By dwood78
Several years ago, I remember my local library had this book, only to have someone check it out without ever returning it.
Now with the 2nd Edition out, my library once again got this book, & this time I managed to read it.
That said, this is the best book on the life of Iva Toguri, a Nisei who went to Japan to check on her sick aunt, but due to circumstances out of her control, she was stranded there after Pearl Harbor. To her credit, she refused to give up her US citizenship, as Japanese military government demanded of her & other Japanese Americans living in Japan. The book also explores the origins of the name "Tokyo Rose", a phrase which neither Toguri nor her fellow broadcasters at Radio Tokyo (today's NHK) used- it was a generic term used by the Allies in the Pacific for all Japanese female broadcasters..
Speaking of female broadcasters, this book also introduces us to Myrtle Liston, a Filipina who did propaganda broadcasts for the Japanese in the Philippines (which was then US territory) & was called "Manila Rose." Despite being involve in such broadcasts, she was never charged with anything & died in obscurity in 1982.
As for Toguri's involvement, on "The Zero Hour" it was because she was trying to make a living as her refusal to give her US citizenship made her an enemy alien & was barred from getting a war ration card. She agreed to do the show only after the show's producers (who were Allied POWs) promised her that she wouldn't broadcast anything that could hurt Allied morale & used the income to seek in food to imprisoned POWs. In the end, the Occupation Forces let her go (after she spent a year in jail) without charge, only to come back to a country which still harbors anti-Japanese bigotry & with a President (Truman) seeking reelection, had his DOJ charged her with treason. That trial is well detailed in this book, as is the aftermath & the attempts to pardon her-which only really took out after it became clear that some of the witnesses perjured themselves by order of the DOJ obsessed with getting a guilty verdict.
All in all, a really good, well written book. It's sadden that Toguri's life was ruined by the country she loves. Even in death, she's still seen by some as a traitor, rather than a real American patriot (the fact that months before her passing, the World War II Veterans Committee gave her their annal Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award should prove her loyal to this country). Iva Toguri was & is a real American patriot-even more so in my book than many of the people who went after her. A must read book.
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