History of Japan, Paperback

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Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Though both nations...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the invasion and occupation written by Japanese and Chinese officers and civilians *Includes online resour...

Reducere. Added commentary enhances the words and drawings of resilient children during World War II.About the Author: Michael O. Tunnell is a professor of c...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn October 21, 1600, two massive Japanese armies, totaling an estimated 200, 000 sold...

Reducere. History of Japan: From early history to the present dayIntroduction to Japan's historyAre you interested in the history of Japan?Would you like to ...

Reducere. How do the Japanese about their native philosophy, Shinto, a decade and a half after its abolishment as a state religion by the Western Allies? // ...

Reducere. In Japanese, the word for "foreign country" means "outnation." But to many Americans and Japanese, it is Japan itself, despite its increasing influ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the massacre by civilians and Japanese soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further ...

'The next Bill Bryson' New York TimesTwo tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverbDespite geographical proximity, cultural similariti...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary records *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There were, I suppo...

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In Wages of Guilt, Ian Buruma explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries...

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncAuthor(s): Sam KleinerIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Public...

The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English. The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary me...

DescriptionThis book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a num...

A cultural history of modern Japan, celebrating the novels of Mishima, the films of Ozu, and other high culture and pop culture developments as the...

Learn about the brutal martial culture of the Japanese military and their bizarre obsession with death.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): M...

Reducere. An illustrated history of tattooing in Japan. Covers from stone age tattooing up through the Edo Era. Rare illustrations of tattooing from the Edo ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, then keep reading...Many people in the West look upon the Second S...

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Reducere. Sherlock Holmes fans know about the "missing years" - the time when Holmes traveled in Asia after his epic battle with Professor Moriarity. Now, th...

Reducere. Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. Benedict s World War ...

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Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...

Reducere. Ernie Plantz responded to his country's call, accepted duty in the American Submarine Service, developed a place of worth and comradeship, and foun...

Reducere. A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-...

Reducere. "A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." --The Washington PostThe remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and...

During Second World War was largest single army worldwide, but is often overlooked. Book compiled from all divisions of the Fourteenth Armys report...

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (T...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Japan, then keep reading...Japan is one of the most adaptable countries in the world. It is capa...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Asia, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient China: A Capt...

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Reducere. Opening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that lef...

DescriptionNo more instructive campaign than the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 could be selected for the student of early 20th century military histor...

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To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

Reducere. Author Mochitsura Hashimoto was one of the few Japanese submarine captains to survive. Shortly before the end of WW2 he inflicted the greatest sing...

Reducere. Between 1927 and 1934, the Philadelphia Royal Giants embarked on several goodwill tours across the Pacific-to Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the...

Reducere. Japanese-Americans were forcefully removed from their homes and businesses, and placed in "relocation" camps throughout the West. With countless in...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions a...

``This booklet, based on original materials culled from archives in the United States and in the Russian Federation, treats a little known aspect o...

An internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II. Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan conti...

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War II s legacy in Japan.Publisher: Drawn and QuarterlyAuthor(s): Shigeru MizukiIllustration(s): Black-an...

The final, Eisner Award-winning chapter of a legendary cartoonist s history of Japan.Publisher: Drawn and QuarterlyAuthor(s): Shigeru MizukiIllustr...

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Reducere. In the history of the twentieth century, the role of the military intelligence services in the competition among nations is still murky. Among the ...

Into the Field is a collective biography of the generation of Japanese human scientists who created "objective" field knowledge of human diversity ...

Cinema of Actuality analyzes Japanese avant-garde filmmakers' struggle to radicalize cinema in light of the intensifying politics of spectacle and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas Goodrich"We Americans have the dangerous tendency in our international thinking to take a holier-than-thou attitude ...

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

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The illustrated diary of Japanese Navy floatplane pilot Warrant Officer Nemoto Kumesako, dating from the early months of the Pacific War, presented...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Samuel WalkerIn this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes t...

Reducere. DescriptionValley of the Shadow joins a fraternity of published first-person accounts of the fall of the Philippines, including the surrender of Co...

Japan's impact on the modern world has been enormous. It occupies just one 300th of the planet's land area, yet came to wield one sixth of the worl...

DescriptionHistory of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art historians. Th...

Reducere. DescriptionJoining the U.S.' war effort in 1942, Mexican President Manuel vila Camacho ordered the dislocation of Japanese Mexican communities and ...

Reducere. Japan's monastic warriors have fared poorly in comparison to the samurai, both in terms of historical reputation and representations in popular cul...

Reducere. ""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it h...

Reducere. This is the first collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Writt...

The history of Japanese aviation offers countless stories of heroic achievements and dismal failures, passionate enthusiasm and sheer terror, brill...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...

In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is...

DescriptionJapan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool provides a historical account of Japan's elite and popular cultures from premodern to ...

Japan, 1972 takes an early-seventies year as a vantage point for understanding how Japanese society came to terms with cultural change. Yoshikuni I...

DescriptionWinner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented f...

Reducere. DescriptionThis volume of essays is the first comprehensive publication in English of the work of Miyake Hitoshi, a distinguished scholar of Shugen...