Post-war Okinawan History

Okinawa: The Afterburn is a 2016 documentary film from John Junkerman which provides insight into The Battle of Okinawa, the subsequent 27 year US Occupation as well as covering contemporary issues including sexual assualts on the local community and efforts to resist the US military presence. The film includes an extensive use of archival footage as well as interviews with a variety of involved parties to present a well-rounded introduction to issues important in Okinawa for the last 75 years.

Japan and Okinawa: Structure and Subjectivity, edited by Glenn D. Hook and Richard Siddle (2003) is split into two sections. The first "Structure" discusses economic and political issues through an Okinawa centered lens around the turn of the century, with notable examples being "Okinawa and the structure of dependence" by longtime researcher on US military base issues Gavan McCormack and "Beyond hondo: Devolution and Okinawa" which is written by the former governor of the prefecture, Ōta Masahide. The second section, "Subjectivity", focuses on nuanced issues of identity and social politics with an interdisciplinary approach. Highlights include Christopher Aldous's "'Mob rule' or popular activism? The Koza riot of December 1970 and the Okinawan search for citizenship" and Miyume Tanji's "The dynamic trajectory of the post-reversion 'Okinawa Struggle': constitution, environment and gender".