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Detailed, scholarly survey of defensive armour used in the Middle East and Asia--from the scale armour of ancient Egypt to...

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Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan....

With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s more than a thousand European Jews sought refuge in the Philippines, joining...

With all the adventure and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, "Nathaniel's Nutmeg," an acclaimed historian dazzles readers with...

A classic text treasured by martial artists for over twenty years, Karate's History & Traditions was long recognized as the...

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Meatballs and Dead Birds: A Photo Gallery of Destroyed Japanese Aircraft in World War II...

Four vellum sections build up the layers of armor worn by the samurai, and text by a world-recognized expert on...

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Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey as a Japanese Prisoner of War...

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An authoritative history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day and of a society and culture with...

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japanese history in its entirety to...

Top Secret Tales of World War II Winston Churchill once remarked that the secret warfare waged in World War II...

Intelligence and the War against Japan offers the first comprehensive scholarly history of the development of the British secret service...

Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War...

Mass' (Japanese history and civilization, Stanford U.) has highly expanded and wholly rewritten his 1974 Warrior Government in Early Medieval...

Gender in World History explores continuities, change and patterns over time. It provides a distinctive approach to the explorations of...

The KAL 007 tragedy was one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in the last phase of the Cold...

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The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved....

Essays focus on the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II and the current debate over redress and reparations...

In recent years, the United States and Japan have each undertaken a dramatic overhaul of various crisis and consequence management...

Discourses of Seduction: History, Evil, Desire, and Modern Japanese Literature...

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The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century...

Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of...

This comprehensive annotated bibliography of reference works from Chinese, Japanese, and Western language sources covers the 1911 Revolution, the Republic...

China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937-1945...

Eyewitnesses to Massacre: American Missionaries Bear Witness to Japanese Atrocities in Nanjing...

The definitive, one-stop reference to the history of landscape architecture— now expanded and revisedThis revised edition of Landscapes in History...

Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy: Female Textile Workers in the Prewar Period...

SENSO: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of Asahi Shimbun...

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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we...

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I-400: Japan's Secret Aircraft-Carrying Strike Submarine: Objective Panama Canal...

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Japanese Sports: A History...

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Full and authoritative, this history of the techniques for dealing with geometric questions begins with synthetic geometry and its origins...

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Japan's economic system is one in which public service is highly valued; state bureaucracy attracts the best, young minds; and...

Re-Understanding Japan...

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Using Roosevelt's writings, letters and diaries, Robinson reveals the presidents central role in making and implementating the internment of Japansese...

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In Japan in the World, distinguished scholars, novelists, and intellectuals articulate how Japan - despite unprecedented economic prowess in securing...

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Lamentation as History: Narratives by Koreans in Japan, 1965-2000...

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