Okinawa’s GI Brides: Their Lives in America

Even after Okinawa reverted to Japanese administration in 1972 following twenty-seven years under American military occupation, U.S. Seventy years have passed since the end of World War II, yet 74 percent of all U.S. (ta Masahide, governor, Okinawa Prefecture (1990–1998); director, Okinawa International Peace Research Institute; and professor emeritus, University of the Ryukyus) . It provides valuable insight into relations between Okinawans and the U.S. military. military bases in Japan are still concentrated in the small island prefecture of Okinawa with 0.6 percent of the nation’s total land area and less than 1 percent of its population. This is the first book to examine these international marriages. forces have been responsible for some 9,000 crimes and accidents.Yet, even in these deeply troubled circumstances, many Okinawan women have married American se

She holds a BA from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa and an MA from New York University. Etsuko Takushi Crissey (Author) Etsuko Takushi Crissey was reporter and editor at theOkinawa Times newspaper from 1975 to 1994. She was curator at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum from 1998 to 2000 and news anchor at the Okinawa Cable N

Her book, the first on Okinawan wives of US servicemen, also compares the circumstances of their marriages with those of so-called “war brides” and postwar spouses of American servicemen stationed in mainland Japan and Europe.Written in brisk and lively prose, this book is stimulating and informative reading for a general audience, and a timely resource for specialists in the fields of history, political science, sociology, international relations, and anthropology, as well as ethnic, immigrant, and gender studies.. Many describe severe hardships they encountered. In Okinawa's GI Brides, Crissey presents their diverse personal accounts, her survey results, and comparative data on divorceschallenging the widespread notion that such marriages almost always fail, with the women ending up abandoned and helpless in a strange land. Former Okinawa Times reporter Etsuko Takushi Crissey traveled throughout their adopted country, conducting wide-ranging