Author: Kathryn Poos
Perspective Matters
The Rape of Nanking has been forgotten by the majority of the world, denied by the Japanese, yet memorialized by the Chinese. The 1937 incident left an estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians dead in a matter of weeks. Sixty years later … Continue reading →
The Last Hundred Thousand
On June 22, 1945 President Harry Truman sent Earl Harrison, the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, to Europe to evaluate the condition of displaced persons in Europe. Harrison assessed military and government effectiveness in providing aid to … Continue reading →
Labor and Gender Roles Postwar
In the photo below the young Japanese girl being caressed by an American soldier in occupied Japan appears wholly dissatisfied. While that may be the case in this photograph, Holly Sanders argues in her article, “Panpan: Streetwalking in Occupied Japan” … Continue reading →
Combating Communism with Consumerism
Total war was politically, socially, and economically exhausting. At the conclusion of the war the global economy was determining how to best readapt and rebuild. The eastern and western political giants (USSR and the USA) were divided on how to … Continue reading →
Cultural Crossroads
In 1960 an episode of Rod Sterling’s TV series, The Twilight Zone, was broadcasted on national television. The episode titled, ” The Eye of the Beholder” depicted a women, with a presumed severe facial disfigurement, transformed into a beautiful, young … Continue reading →
It’s Not Always ‘Welcome Home’
At the conclusion of World War Two an approximate sixteen million veterans returned to American soil. This number represents a very small fraction of the estimated 1.9 billion soldiers who served in WW2 from all nations combined. Naturally the large … Continue reading →
The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War
The Second World War left Europe in ruins and millions of people with out homes or hundreds of miles from their homes. Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted such an outcome in 1939. FDR stated the end of the war would bring about “the problem of the human refugee”(Cohen, 1). In 1943, two years prior to the … Continue reading “The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War”
Biography
Hi! My name is Kathryn Poos and I am a Junior at Virginia Tech. I am pursuing a dual degree in Environmental Policy and Planning and History and, as of yesterday, a minor in Economics. I was born in California, but since then have moved to Charlottesville, Va. There are a lot of other Hokies … Continue reading “Biography”
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