Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 “Democracy within the Teeth of Fascism”: The Black POW and the Invisible War at Home in Ralph Ellison’s War Writings 23
6. 2 Revolution from Above: Ōe Kenzaburō, the Black Airman, and Occupied Japan 54
7. 3 A Blueprint for Occupied Japan: Miné Okubo and the American Concentration Camp 79
8. 4 Possessive Investment in Ruin: The Target, the Proving Ground, and the U.S. War Machine in the Nuclear Pacific 107
9. 5 People’s War, People’s Democracy, People’s Epic: Carlos Bulosan, U.S. Counterintelligence, and Cold War Unreliable Narration 137
10. 6 The Enemy at Home: Urban Warfare and the Russell Tribunal on Vietnam 165
11. 7 Militarized Queerness: Racial Masking and the Korean War Mascot 195
12. EPILOGUE 219
13. Notes 227
14. Index 285