Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Saturday, October 12, 2024

M.G. Sheftall, Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses

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Very timely publication, considering. See, " Nobel Updates: Peace Prize Is Awarded to Japanese Group of Atomic Bomb Survivors ." A...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus

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At Amazon, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer .
Friday, July 8, 2022

Tobias S. Harris, The Iconoclast

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At Amazon, Tobias S. Harris, The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan .

Shinzo Abe Assassinated: Former Prime Minister Was Leader For a New, Stronger Japan (VIDEO)

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Japan is largely a gun-free society, which makes Abe's assassination all the more confounding. I haven't seen anything yet, but it&#...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Richard B. Frank, Guadalcanal

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At Amazon, Richard B. Frank, Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle .
Sunday, June 12, 2022

E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

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A classic, E. B. Sledge: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa — Frontline Marine Combat in Two of the Bloodiest Island Invasions of Wo...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

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At Amazon, Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor .

Richard B. Frank Tower of Skulls

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Richard Frank is stupendous. His earlier work, Guacalcanal, is essential reading for the Pacific War. At Amazon, Richard B. Frank Tower of ...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Olympic Games Losing Luster as Stars Struggle

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At the Los Angeles Times , " A stormy 24 hours: Stars in unexpected trouble at increasingly turbulent Tokyo Olympics ": TOKYO — Th...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Japan Olympics Diversity

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Japan's population is 98 percent Nihon . For reasons of ethnic chauvinism, fear of the outer world (like the U.S. and Commodore Perry...
Friday, August 7, 2020

Yesterday Was the 75 Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

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I didn't blog yesterday --- I was binge watching "Game of Thrones" --- but in what news I did follow yesterday I didn't se...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

John C. McManus, Fire and Fortitude

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John C. McManus, Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 .
Saturday, December 7, 2019

John Dower, Embracing Defeat

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At Amazon, John Dower, Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II .

Chalmers A. Johnson, MITI and the Japanese Miracle

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At Amazon, Chalmers A. Johnson, MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975 .
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John Toland, The Rising Sun

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At Amazon, John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 .

Gordon Prange, At Dawn We Slept

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At Amazon, Gordon Prange, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor .
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko .
Sunday, September 3, 2017

Doesn't Kim Jong Un Understand 'Suicidal'?

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If Kim wants to play gamesmanship, I think the U.S. should show him who's boss. At the Asia Times, " North Korea: Doesn’t Kim Jon...
Monday, August 7, 2017

J. Samuel Walker, Prompt and Utter Destruction

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, J. Samuel Walker, Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan .
Sunday, August 6, 2017

Hiroshima Day: 72 Years Since U.S. Dropped Atomic Bomb on Japan

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Here's Michael Beschloss below, on Twitter. Also, at the New York Times (FWIW), " The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - Daily 360 vid...