Reviews
"A fresh look at a little known aspect of the Pacific War that will benefit any reader interested in the Japanese army or psychological warfare."- Military History of the West, "Gilmore unravels the complex structure and missions of the Allied entities involved in psywar operations. . . . Convincing."- Journal of Military History, ""Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japanese soldiers as fanatics who would never surrender, the U.S. military . . . took a more realistic view and engaged in a sustained campaign to undermine the morale of the Japanese army. . . . This book helps fill a historiographic gap by studying how propaganda and psychological warfare were planned, implemented, and evaluated.""-- Choice ""Gilmore unravels the complex structure and missions of the Allied entities involved in psywar operations. . . . Convincing.""-- Journal of Military History ""A fresh look at a little known aspect of the Pacific War that will benefit any reader interested in the Japanese army or psychological warfare.""-- Military History of the West, "Gilmore unravels the complex structure and missions of the Allied entities involved in psywar operations. . . . Convincing." Journal of Military History, "Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japanese soldiers as fanatics who would never surrender, the U.S. military . . . took a more realistic view and engaged in a sustained campaign to undermine the morale of the Japanese army. . . . This book helps fill a historiographic gap by studying how propaganda and psychological warfare were planned, implemented, and evaluated." Choice, "Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japanese soldiers as fanatics who would never surrender, the U.S. military . . . took a more realistic view and engaged in a sustained campaign to undermine the morale of the Japanese army. . . . This book helps fill a historiographic gap by studying how propaganda and psychological warfare were planned, implemented, and evaluated."-Choice, "A fresh look at a little known aspect of the Pacific War that will benefit any reader interested in the Japanese army or psychological warfare."-Military History of the West, "Gilmore unravels the complex structure and missions of the Allied entities involved in psywar operations. . . . Convincing."-Journal of Military History, "Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japanese soldiers as fanatics who would never surrender, the U.S. military . . . took a more realistic view and engaged in a sustained campaign to undermine the morale of the Japanese army. . . . This book helps fill a historiographic gap by studying how propaganda and psychological warfare were planned, implemented, and evaluated."-CHOICE, "A fresh look at a little known aspect of the Pacific War that will benefit any reader interested in the Japanese army or psychological warfare." Military History of the West, "Allison Gilmore has written the best book to date on psychological operations in the southwest Pacific during World War II. What makes her volume better? It is readable and chock-full of meaningful and well-researched data and interesting stories concerning PSYOP in its infancy."--Special Warfare., "Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japanese soldiers as fanatics who would never surrender, the U.S. military . . . took a more realistic view and engaged in a sustained campaign to undermine the morale of the Japanese army. . . . This book helps fill a historiographic gap by studying how propaganda and psychological warfare were planned, implemented, and evaluated."- Choice
