American Military Government: Its Organization and Policies. By Hajo Holborn. Washington: Infantry Journal Press; 1947. Pp. xiv, 244. Maps. Appendix. Index. $3.50

1947 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 974-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli E. Nobleman
1952 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
A. L. Sadler

Author(s):  
Sueyoung Park-Primiano

This chapter, by S. Park-Primiano, examines the use of noncommercial films by the U.S. military to facilitate its diverse roles during its occupation of South Korea in the aftermath of World War II. Used by the American Military Government in Korea, educational films aided the U.S. military's efforts to Americanize the Korean population and combat Communism. Films were also used to inform and rally support for its policy in Korea from American military and civilian personnel at home as well as abroad. For this purpose, the U.S. military sought cooperation from and enlisted the assistance of Korean filmmakers in the production of films about Korean culture and history that challenge any straightforward interpretation of Americanization or a unidirectional influence. Moreover, such conflicting efforts had a long-lasting effect in South Korea. It was a practice that was continued by the succeeding information apparatus of the U.S. State Department and the United Nations during the Korean War and beyond to further expose the need for a closer examination of U.S. control of the Korean cultural imaginary.


2019 ◽  
pp. 146-169
Author(s):  
Kathy Peiss

The American military government in Germany faced a particular problem of mass acquisitions tied to postwar occupation policy. The Allies had agreed to purge Nazism from the German book world. The military confiscated countless volumes, sequestering and even destroying them. Bookstores and publishers had been forced to surrender these works. Over time this became an operation to make an entire body of published works inaccessible and unreadable. Communications experts, social scientists, progressive educators, and librarians applied their expertise to achieve this goal. However, when Order No. 4 was issued, requiring the confiscation and destruction of all Nazi material, including books in public libraries, many Americans accused the military of engaging in book burning. The episode reveals tensions over the relationship between reading, freedom, democracy, and the wartime state.


1951 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Harold C. Hinton ◽  
E. Grant Meade

1947 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajo Holborn ◽  
Harold Zink

1951 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 346
Author(s):  
T. V. Smith ◽  
E. Grant Meade ◽  
Robert T. Oliver

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