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Author |
: Meirion Harries |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 605 |
Release |
: 1994-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679753032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679753036 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Soldiers of the Sun by : Meirion Harries
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 rise and fall of this extraordinary military force. Meirion and Susie Harries have written the first full Western account of the Imperial Japanese Army. Drawing on Japanese, English, French, and American sources, the authors penetrate the lingering wartime enmity and propaganda to lay bare the true character of the Imperial Army.
Author |
: Philip S. Jowett |
Publisher |
: Schiffer Military |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0764339567 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780764339561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Soldiers of the White Sun by : Philip S. Jowett
The Chinese Nationalist Army was at war almost continuously from 1931 until 1949 fighting first against the invading Japanese Imperial Army until 1945. This was followed by a four year civil war in which the Nationalist Army fought the Chinese Communists until its final defeat in 1949. Millions of Chinese soldiers fought and died during this eighteen years of conflict and their sacrifice has been largely overshadowed by the events of the Second World War. This new book presents in a large number of period images the history of the Chinese Nationalist Army and its campaigns.
Author |
: René Chartrand |
Publisher |
: Century of the Soldier |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1911628607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781911628606 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715 by : René Chartrand
Volume 1 of the Sun King's wars and armies goes from his early and turbulent years, from the resounding victory over Spain at Rocroi in 1643, the unstable years of the Fronde civil wars, his seizure of absolute power in 1661, his immediate control of national finances and armed forces, his measures to create the most effective army in Europe, the i
Author |
: Bruce Henderson |
Publisher |
: Knopf |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2022-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780525655824 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0525655824 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bridge to the Sun by : Bruce Henderson
One of the last, great untold stories of World War II—kept hidden for decades—even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various archives—a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henderson, master storyteller, historian, and New York Times best-selling author of Sons and Soldiers—the saga of the Japanese American U.S. Army soldiers who fought in the Pacific theater, in Burma, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, with their families back home in America, under U.S. Executive Order 9066, held behind barbed wire in government internment camps. After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military was desperate to find Americans who spoke Japanese to serve in the Pacific war. They soon turned to the Nisei—first-generation U.S. citizens whose parents were immigrants from Japan. Eager to prove their loyalty to America, several thousand Nisei—many of them volunteering from the internment camps where they were being held behind barbed wire—were selected by the Army for top-secret training, then were rushed to the Pacific theater. Highly valued as expert translators and interrogators, these Japanese American soldiers operated in elite intelligence teams alongside Army infantrymen and Marines on the front lines of the Pacific war, from Iwo Jima to Burma, from the Solomons to Okinawa. Henderson reveals, in riveting detail, the harrowing untold story of the Nisei and their major contributions in the war of the Pacific, through six Japanese American soldiers. After the war, these soldiers became translators and interrogators for war crime trials, and later helped to rebuild Japan as a modern democracy and a pivotal U.S. ally.
Author |
: Meirion Harries |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:640262546 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Soldiers of the Sun by : Meirion Harries
Author |
: Danny Orbach |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2017-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501708336 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501708333 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Curse on This Country by : Danny Orbach
Imperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for blindly following orders, and their enemies in the Pacific War derided them as "cattle to the slaughter." But, in fact, the Japanese Army had a long history as one of the most disobedient armies in the world. Officers repeatedly staged coups d'états, violent insurrections, and political assassinations; their associates defied orders given by both the government and the general staff, launched independent military operations against other countries, and in two notorious cases conspired to assassinate foreign leaders despite direct orders to the contrary.In Curse on This Country, Danny Orbach explains the culture of rebellion in the Japanese armed forces. It was a culture created by a series of seemingly innocent decisions, each reasonable in its own right, which led to a gradual weakening of Japanese government control over its army and navy. The consequences were dire, as the armed forces dragged the government into more and more of China across the 1930s—a culture of rebellion that made the Pacific War possible. Orbach argues that brazen defiance, rather than blind obedience, was the motive force of modern Japanese history.Curse on This Country follows a series of dramatic events: assassinations in the dark corners of Tokyo, the famous rebellion of Saigō Takamori, the "accidental" invasion of Taiwan, the Japanese ambassador’s plot to murder the queen of Korea, and the military-political crisis in which the Japanese prime minister "changed colors." Finally, through the sinister plots of the clandestine Cherry Blossom Society, we follow the deterioration of Japan into chaos, fascism, and world war.
Author |
: Meirion Harries |
Publisher |
: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015012830942 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sheathing the Sword by : Meirion Harries
Author |
: John Sayles |
Publisher |
: McSweeney's |
Total Pages |
: 1293 |
Release |
: 2011-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781936365708 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1936365707 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Moment in the Sun by : John Sayles
It’s 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. Spanning five years and half a dozen countries, this is the unforgettable story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Shot through with a lyrical intensity and stunning detail that recall Doctorow and Deadwood both, A Moment in the Sun takes the whole era in its sights—from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism in the Philippines. Beginning with Hod Brackenridge searching for his fortune in the North, and hurtling forward on the voices of a breathtaking range of men and women—Royal Scott, an African American infantryman whose life outside the military has been destroyed; Diosdado Concepcíon, a Filipino insurgent fighting against his country’s new colonizers; and more than a dozen others, Mark Twain and President McKinley’s assassin among them—this is a story as big as its subject: history rediscovered through the lives of the people who made it happen.
Author |
: William Thaddeus Sexton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 1971 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015066047211 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Soldiers in the Sun by : William Thaddeus Sexton
Discusses the causes of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection along with the problems inherent with conducting military operations in the tropics.
Author |
: Hiroo Onoda |
Publisher |
: Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages |
: 226 |
Release |
: 2013-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612515649 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612515649 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis No Surrender by : Hiroo Onoda
In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine police, hostile islanders, and successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II was still being fought and that one day his fellow soldiers would return victorious. This account of those years is an epic tale of the will to survive that offers a rare glimpse of man's invincible spirit, resourcefulness, and ingenuity. A hero to his people, Onoda wrote down his experiences soon after his return to civilization. This book was translated into English the following year and has enjoyed an approving audience ever since.