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Shutting Out the Sun
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation © 2006 Michael Zielenziger 352 pages Shutting Out the Sun introduces itself with what readers will assume is its subject: the plight of an increasing number of young people who, … Continue reading
China, Japan, and New Mexico
In the last couple of weeks I’ve finished some books that haven’t gotten full reviews. Here are some quick shots! First up: New Mexico, A History. This is…exactly what it says it is, a history of New Mexico. Published to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 Discovery of Asia, American Southwest, Asia, China, history, Japan
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Yokohama Print from Cultural History of Japan
In my “On the Horizon” post, I mentioned a print reproduced in an art history of Japan which depicted a woman in traditional dress riding a bicycle. The book mentions it only as a Yokohama print, with Fuji in the … Continue reading
American Independence Wrapup & On the Horizon
Well, gentle readers, July’s halfway marks the conclusion of my American Independence series, at least for another year. What ground did I cover this year? Revolutionary Summer, Joseph Ellis; a history of the summer of 1776, in which the States … Continue reading
When Tigers Fight
When Tigers Fight: The Story of the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945© 1989 Dick Wilson269 pages “We Japanese cannot win here. We are trying to plow the ocean.” Before plunging into the abyss of hubris and attempting to claim the entire Pacific … Continue reading
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway© 1983 Gordon Prange, Donald Goldstein and,Katherine Dillon,512 pages Miracle at Midway is a thorough history of the June 4-7 effort of the Japanese to simultaneously seize the most likely U.S. approaches to the Empire and lure the … Continue reading
Forgotten Ally
Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II© 2013 Rana Mitter467 pages Two years before a mad painter’s schemes plunged the world into war, China was fighting for its life. It began the 20th century at a crossroads; the old imperial order … Continue reading
Bataan: March of Death
Bataan: March of Death© 1962 Stanley J. Falk256 pages Japan’s strike at Pearl Harbor was not a solitary military move, but the opening play in a Pacific strategy. Having disabled the American Pacific Fleet, Japanese forces would be free to … Continue reading
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor: The Day of of Infamy — an Illustrated History© 2001 Dan van der Vat, illustrations by Tom Freeman176 pages Seventy-four years ago, the Pacific Ocean became awash in the blood of war. Six carriers, operating for days under … Continue reading
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