Travels in Atomic Sunshine

Robin Gerster

Australia and the occupation of Japan. In February 1946, the Australians of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) moved into western Japan to `demilitarise and democratise? the atom-bombed backwater of Hiroshima Prefecture. For over six years, up to 20,000 Australian servicemen, including their wives and children, participated in an historic experiment in nation-rebuilding. Hard cover, photographs, 327 pages.