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St. Martins Press-3PL The Swordless Samurai Leadership Wisdom of Japans SixteenthCentury Legend Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Book SynopsisJapan, during most of its history, has been ruled by its all-powerful Emperors. Hideyoshi, who called himself the Swordless Samurai, is the Japanese Horatio Alger. He was of peasant origin, but by bonding to Lord Nobunaga, Hideyoshi secured a powerful patron. This title tells about Hideyoshi's leadership and success precepts.Trade Review"* "The wisdom of this 16th-century samurai is astonishingly prescient and pertinent for 21st-century leaders. Practical wisdom at its best." Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of Business. USC and author of Becoming a Leader"
£15.71
Picador USA Night Draws Near
Book SynopsisA Pulitzer Prize-winning Arab-American journalist looks at the Iraq war from the perspective of ordinary Iraqi citizens--representing a variety of religious and political beliefs from all levels of society--confronted by the dislocations, hardships, tragedies, and harsh realities of the conflict. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
£27.69
Bloomsbury Academic Vietnam Above the Treetops
Trade ReviewAn Air Force officer's vigorous account of the Vietnam War…Flanagan's memoir is not like Robert Mason's in Chickenhawk (1983), where the naive young officer is transformed into an embittered veteran questioning all wars. Flanagan became a general. His job in Vietnam was to fly close in with small aircraft, to report and coordinate what he saw; sometimes, too, he had to don infantry gear and head into the jungle. Many of his blow-by-blow accounts of battles are drawn from notes…This is the perspective of a veteran who feels we failed because of a lack of resolve, that the news media distorted events or couldn't understand them, that the antiwar movement meant well but was wrong…Splendid tales of combat. Flanagan, a U.S. Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War, describes his experiences as a forward air controller (FAC) working with our allies and with U.S. Army DELTA teams. (A forward air controller flies in a small prop plane and acts as a link between ground troops and larger attack aircraft by providing navigational aid and marking targets.) Flanagan's introduction, describing his deep psychological need to share his war experiences, leads the reader to expect a harrowing study of what war does to people (in the vein of James C. Donahue's No Greater Love: A Day with the Mobile Guerrilla Forces in Vietnam, Daring Bks., 1988; or Matthew Brennan's Brennan's War, Pocket Bks., 1989). Instead, one finds the same set-piece descriptions of ground combat that are standard in Vietnam War books. The author's large ego might make readers think Ehat Flanagan was the best FAC ever to serve in the war. Little depth here, just the diary of a pilot on an unglamorous but important mission. Recommended only for libraries with large Vietnam War collections. * Library Journal *John Flanagan is a skilled narrator. Throughout the book, the reader feels a sense of place, of being there. Vivid descriptions of people, places and situations abound. The author's idea of the warrior spirit, the meaning and futility of war is presented from his unique perspective. I purely enjoyed reading this book. Its insights into the times and personal side of war are valuable and thought provoking. The mission narratives are riveting. I found his discussion of the impact of his Air Force Academy education to be very illuminating and perhaps fresh ground. As Flanagan points out, It had produced its first echelon of combat veterans. This vivid story is testimony to that. * ASSEMBLY Military Review *If you served in Vietnam, you'll recognize that John is giving it to you straight. If you didn't serve there, but are looking to learn more about why we lost the war, Vietnam Above the Treetops is full of stories about what worked and what didn't. * Checkpoints *The author of this outstanding military memoir describes his experiences in Vietnam as a forward air-controller in 1966, piloting slow-moving, low-flying spotter planes, orchestrating spectacular air strikes (saturation ordinance) and shepherding the long-range reconnaissance teams of Project Delta, an autonomous Special Forces outfit staffed by Americans and Vietnamese. A strong writer with an eye for telling detail, Flanagan vividly conveys what it was like flying hazardous missions in monsoon weather, bending rules and regulations for the sake of the task at hand, enjoying the camaraderie of fellow warriors and waging war despite critical shortages and malfunctions…The most dramatic section of the book tells a two-part story of the loss of a Project Delta team in an ambush and the night 16 years later when a voice on the phone said My name is Eleanor Bott Gregory. Do you know what happened to my brother? * Publishers Weekly *Something made Flanagan mad in Vietnam, and it just won't go away. What got to him was an enemy--not the Viet Cong of North Vietnamese Army but an immorality, an institutional rot that every American serviceman and woman had to deal with. * Air & Space/Smithsonian *Adds much to one's understanding of the air war in Vietnam, but it also describes the close working relationship between members of separate services when the job called for them to work together in spite of interservice rivalry. This is a book that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in Vietnam. * Vietnam *Readers should persevere, and those who do will be rewarded. They will find a well told story which ably conveys precisely what the complex, difficult, important, and dangerous job of the forward air controller was during the Vietnam War. * Air Power History *A thoughtful even intellectual account about FAC flying above the tree tops (at tree top level often). * Indochina Chronology *Flanagan recounts his time in the US Air Force flying single-engine spotter planes linking fighter-bomber pilots and ground combat forces during the Vietnam War in 1966. He draws on letters, maps, pocket diaries, interviews with comrades, and of course his own memory to describe how junior officers and non-commissioned officers, like him, carried the brunt of war trapped between the bravery of the warriors beneath them and the convoluted politico-military command structure above them. * Reference & Research Book News *Table of ContentsIntroduction Setting the Values Prelude to Combat: Creating a Warrior Orientation and Transition to Combat Defending Highway 1: Phu Cat with the Koreans Clearing the Valley: Koreans Launch Tiger V FACing with the Screaming Eagles at Tuy Hoa Project Delta at Chu Lai: Flying the F-4 The Central Highlands: Battling Monsoons and VC Project Delta in III Corps: Song Be and Tay Ninh Search for F-4 Pilot, Return to War Zone C Battle at Khe Sanh: FAC Shot Down Khe Sanh Again Winding Down: Re-entry into the World The Conflict Continues, the Values Endure Epilogue Glossary Bibliography Index
£31.42
ABC-CLIO The Last Kamikaze
Trade ReviewAn insider's intriguing perspectives on an ill-starred belligerency, plus savvy commentary and continuity from a veteran military historian. * Kirkus Reviews *A strange, stirring tale, sympathetically related from the Japanese point of view. * Publishers Weekly *Hoyt, a noted author and historian who specializes in Japan, China and the War in the Pacific, uses the personal diary of Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki to document the eventual destruction of the Japanese Navy at the hands of Allied forces throughout World War II. The author begins by detailing Ugaki's role in the preparation and planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and then provides this officer's insights into such battles as Midway and Guadalcanal. Military historians will appreciate this insider's perspective into the collapse of the Japanese military and its eventual surrender, which culminates in Ugaki's final kamikaze mission against the wishes of Emperor Hirohito. * Reference & Research Book News *Table of ContentsIntroduction Preparing for Pearl Harbor Preparing the Attack on Pearl Harbor The Attack on Pearl Harbor Victories In the Coral Sea The Battle of Midway Starting Over Guadalcanal Disaster Turning Point: Guadalcanal The Illusion of Air Power The Death of an Admiral Seeking the Decisive Battle The End of Power The Fifth Air Fleet The Hope That Failed Falling Like Cherry Blossoms into the Sea Operation Ten Go The Long Summer The Last Kamikaze Afterword Selected Bibliography
£31.42
Little Brown and Company The China Mirage
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Back Bay Books The Bomber Mafia
Book SynopsisDive into this “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
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Back Bay Books First Casualty
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) History of the Arabs Revised 10th Edition
Book SynopsisPhilip Hitti is Professor of Semitic Literature, Princeton University.
£42.30
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The The Korean War
Book SynopsisPETER LOWE was one time Reader in History at the University of Manchester.Table of ContentsPreface - Acknowledgements - List of Maps - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Gathering Storm - The Start of the War - China Enters the Conflict - Confusion and Instability - The Departure of MacArthur - The Start of Armistice Talks - The Last Phase of the War and the Signing of an Armistice - The Rebuilding of the Two Korean States and Continued Enmity - Select Bibliography - Index
£29.44
Palgrave MacMillan UK The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War
Book SynopsisA historical atlas must depict complex issues in a manner immediately accessible to the reader.Trade ReviewPraise for books in the Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Series: "a useful text and library reference...can serve as a supplemental volume or stand alone as a short text" - Nationalities Papers ". . . a valuable tool for the classroom and the general public."-Multicultural ReviewTable of ContentsPreface PART 1: THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR The Russian Revolution and the World The Comintern and the Red Scare in the West in the 1920s Chaos and Communism in China, 1918-1939 Foreign Policy under Stalin The Grand Alliance in World War II The Zonal Division of Germany The End of the War Against Japan Eastern Europe 1944-1949 PART 2: THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR The Truman Doctrine Marshall Aid The Berlin Blockade The Chinese Communist Victory NATO and the Warsaw Pact Other Regional Security Pacts The Malayan Emergency Korea: Partition and War Korea: The UN Intervenes Budapest, 1956 Eisenhower and Central America The Two Chinas The Cultural Revolution Cuba: Castro's Revolution and the Bay of Pigs The Cuban Missile Crisis The Sino-Soviet Split The Berlin Wall Culture and the Cold War Capitalism v. Communism in the 1960s The Peace Corps Southeast Asia: Partition and War Southeast Asia; American Intervention Southeast Asia: The Fall of the South The Non-Aligned Movement The Prague Spring Intelligence Gathering The Middle East Wars and the Threat to World Peace Détente in the 1970s The Arms Race Arms Sales and Military Assistance Nuclear Proliferation Capitalism v. Communism in the 1980s Nicaragua and the Sadanistas The Cold War in Africa The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan The Early Reagan Years - Renewed Cold War PART 3: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND AFTER Gorbachev's Reforms The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe The Break-up of the USSR The Legacy of the Cold War: Yugoslavia The Legacy of the Cold War: Russia The Surviving Communist World Select Bibliography
£44.99
SCM Press History of Ancient Israel and Judah
Book SynopsisIn the eighties, it was necessary to devote space to explaining why the biblical presentations of Israel's origins could not be taken even at face value. This book explains the necessities for utilizing the biblical materials in historical research, and explains how they can be used in relation to other written sources and archaeological evidence.Trade ReviewMiller and Hayes has long been my number one recommended textbook for classes on the history of ancient Israel and Judah. While I may not agree with every word, I know of nothing like it for the systematic way in which it sets out the whole range of evidence, discusses it critically, and bases its historical reconstruction on the results. The field has been moving so rapidly, however, with new discoveries and radically different interpretations of familiar material, that it was reaching the point where this book would need to be replaced. This new edition represents such a significant revision, with account taken of all the most recent main discussions, that it will again immediately resume its premier position in the field." H. G. M. WILLIAMSON, REGIUS PROFESSOR OF HEBREW, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
£37.11
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) India and Pakistan
Book Synopsis'India and Pakistan' provides an historical understanding of the chequered process of nation-building in the subcontinent. In particular, Talbot examines the role of 'parochial' allegiances and the impact of contemporary processes of economic and cultural globalisation on nationalist and localist allegiances.Trade Review'A thoughtful and up-to-date account that will be of great value to all those interested in the history of nationalism in South Asia.' English Historical Review '...a pithy commentary on the formation of modern national identities in the subcontinent.' Commonwealth and Comparative PoliticsTable of ContentsThe impact of the west and the rise of Indian nationalism; the Hindu tradition and nationalist ideology; competing identities in colonial India; the achievement of nationhood; nation, state and society in post-independence India and Pakistan.
£74.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) China
Book SynopsisHenrietta Harrison is Professor of History at Harvard University.Trade Review'This book provides many important insights into Chinese nationalism as seen through Chinese behaviour.' Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsPart 1 A common culture: the Manchu Empire. Part 2 Constructing a modern nation - the world of nation states: the creation of modern nationalism; ethnicity and modernity in the 1911 revolution; nation, modernity and class. Part 3 Nationalism and imperialism - the growth of nationalism as an ideology: nationalism and the party state; war, nationalism and identity; state building and nation building. Part 4 The emergence of alternative nationalisms?.
£59.99
Little, Brown Book Group Tales From The South China Seas
Book SynopsisThis work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sampans and Straits Steamers, set against a background of palm-fringed beaches and tropical rain-forests. But it was also a world of conflicting beliefs and many races, where the overlapping of widely differing moral standards and viewpoints created a heady and dangerous atmosphere.
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Subtle Body
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Age of Ambition
Book SynopsisPulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalistWinner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfiction As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. Age of Ambition provides a vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation. From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy-or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don''t see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes.In Age of Ambition, Osnos describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party''s struggle to retain control. He asks probing questions: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals-fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture-consider themselves angry youth, dedicated to resisting the West''s influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail. An Economist Best Book of 2014Winner of the bronze medal for the Council on Foreign Relations? 2015 Arthur Ross Book Award
£15.20
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc The InvitationOnly Zone
Book SynopsisFor decades, North Korea denied any part in the disappearance of dozens of Japanese citizens from Japan's coastal towns and cities in the late 1970s. In The Invitation-Only Zone, Robert Boynton untangles the bizarre logic behind the abductions.
£17.92
Random House Publishing Group Embers of War
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Brill AlHind Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th11th Centuries Volume 1 01 AlHind The Making of the IndoIslamic World
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W. W. Norton & Company Embracing Defeat
Book SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II.
£46.07
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Son of the Revolution
Book SynopsisAn autobiography of a young Chinese man whose childhood and adolescence were spent in Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution.
£17.09
Taylor & Francis Ltd Pacific Asia The Making of the Contemporary World
Book SynopsisPacific Asia has witnessed arguably the most dynamic economic growth and social transformation in the world since 1945. Inspired by the example of Japan, a number of high performing economies have emerged in the region. Pacific Asia explores this extraordinary pace of development and explains the various factors that lie behind it. It introduces the complex politics of development and sets Pacific Asia in its geographical and socio-cultural context. As well as Japan, the role model of development, Pacific Asia examines the experiences of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.Trade Review'This splendid little book ... is a model of its kind. In a mere 150 pages of remarkably clear and persuasive text, the author sets forth the major issues surrounding the post-1950s economic development of the major economies of Asia.' - Asian Affairs
£176.17
Taylor & Francis Ltd Truth History and Politics in Mongolia
Book SynopsisUsing Mongolia as its example, this book examines how knowledge is transmitted and transformed in light of political change by looking at shifting conceptions of historical figures. It suggests that the reflection of people''s concept of themselves is a much greater influence in the writing of history than has previously been thought and examines in detail how history was used to subvert the socialist project in Mongolia. This is the first study of the symbolic struggle over who controlled ''the past'' and the ''true'' identity of a Mongol, fought between the ruling party and its protesters during the democratic revolution.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Politics, Memory and Identity 2. Ulaanbaatar, Fieldwork and Identity 3. Democracy comes to Mongolia 4. The Symbols of Democracy 5. The Icebergs of History 6. Chinggis Khaan: Creating the Uls 7. Defending and Regaining the Uls: Zanabazar and Sühbaatar 8. Social Memory and Evocative Transcripts Glossary Bibliography
£181.72
Taylor & Francis Ltd Russias Protectorates in Central Asia Bukhara and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally changed following the Bolshevik conquest in 1919-20.The book is a re-issue of a highly regarded classic originally published in 1968 and out of print for some years. The new version includes a new introduction, some corrections of errors, and a survey of new work undertaken since first publication.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The Russian Conquest 1. The Setting 2. The Reduction of Bukhara 3. The Consolidation of Russia's Position in Bukhara 4. The Conquest of Khiva and the Treaties of 1873 Part Two. The Period of Neglect 5. The Stabilisation of Khiva and the Expansion of Bukhara 6. Anglo-Russian Relations and the Pacification of the Turkomans 7. The End of an Era Part Three. The Russian Presence 8. Russo-Bukharan Relations Transformed 9. The Protectorate Completed: Russia and the Bukhara 10. Economic Development 11. Bukhara Between Two Worlds 12. Nonintervention under Attack: Russia and Bukhara 13. Nonintervention Abandoned: Russia and Khiva Part Four. Revolution 14. The Provisional Government and the Protectorates 15. The Bolshevic Revolution and the Independence of the Kanates 16. The Civil War and Second Russian Conquest 17. Bukhara and Khiva as Soviet Satellites Appendices Bibliography Notes Glossary Index
£176.17
Taylor & Francis Ltd Great Power Strategy in Asia Empire Culture and
Book SynopsisGreat Power Strategy in Asia, 1905-2005 analyzes the enduring themes underlying the strategic struggles in East Asia, beginning with the crucial event of the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War. Jonathan Bailey clearly shows why military history is highly relevant in understanding todayâs strategic problems, and how the most important areas of current affairs have their roots in often forgotten corners of military history. He makes his powerful case in three clear sections: an analysis of the explosive factors that led to war between Russia and Japan in 1904, presenting a ten-year perspective of the War, focusing on its consequences: cultural shock in âthe Westâ, re-alignment of Asian imperial geography and the failure to learn vital military lessons, as World War I approached a thirty-five year perspective of the war, showing why Japan repeated the essential strategic, operational and tactical ploys of its war against Russia in 1904 in its strike upon the USA in 1941. Allied victory assured the downfall of Europeâs empires in Asia, with the USA inheriting much of the old imperial legacy a centennial view of the Russo-Japanese War, which demonstrates that many of the broader issues identifiable in 1904-05 remain at the heart of todayâs strategic discourse: Western apprehension about the economic rise of Japan; the anomalies of an âAmerican Empireâ; tensions between Occident and Orient; the apparent new relevance of geopolitics; and the importance of demography in perceptions of global power. This book is multidisciplinary, emphasizing the linkages between imperial power-politics, military operations, cultural conflict and commercial rivalry. It is also the story of military innovation, the pathology of learning lessons from the experience of war, and the anticipated rise of Asian, or more specifically Chinese, power a century after the false dawn of the Japanese victory in 1905.This book will be of great interest to all students of the Russo-Japanese War, Asian security, and of military and strategic studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Russo-Japanese War. A Ten-Year Perspective 1. Portents: Strategy: Racial and Commercial Dynamics/ Military Omens 2. The Experience of 1904-5 3. 1905: The Future of War. A Ten Year Perspective Part 2: From Port Arthur to Pearl Harbour: A Thirty-Five-Year Perspective 4. Grand Strategy: Racial Angst and Diplomatic Odyssey 5. Military Strategy: The Paradox of Inevitability and Surprise 6. Tactics and Technology: Novelty Repeated Part 3: Imperial Tectonics: The Plates Shift. A Centennial Perspective 7. Europe Bows Out 8. Asia on the March 9. America Advances 10. Nippon Resurgat 11. The Next Hundred Years: Chinese Futures 12. Conclusion: Centennial Themes. References. Index
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Taylor & Francis Between Sacrifice and Desire National Identity and the Governing of Femininity in Vietnam East Asia Series
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Random House USA Inc The Best and the Brightest
Book SynopsisDavid Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York Times Using portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country’s recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic.Praise for The Best and the Brightest“The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . . It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul.
£20.70
Basic Books Osmans Dream The History of the Ottoman Empire
Book SynopsisThe complete history of the Ottoman empire, written for the general reader
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Basic Books China A History
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Basic Books Restless Empire China and the World Since 1750
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Hachette Book Group USA Where Does the Weirdness Go Why Quantum Mechanics Is Strange but Not as Strange as You Think
Book Synopsis"Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching--but less understood--than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the sub-atomic world, where quantum effects"Table of Contents* Introduction Act I: Mechanical Failure * The Mystery of The Other Glove * In Which Things Are Exactly What They Are Seen To Be * Block That Metaphor! * Learning Through Repetition * Coin Tossing and Weather Forecasting * Not Just Electrons * Enter the Photon * So Photons Are Really Real, Then? * Particle or Wave? * One Photon at a Time * Learning to Live With Uncertainty * Is It or Isnt It? * Which Way Did the Photon Go? * No, but Really, What Happened? * How To Make Money From Quantum Mechanics * The importance of Being Rigorous * The Chronic Poor Health of Schrdingers Cat * Psychophysics quest ce que cest? Intermission: A Largely Philosophical Interlude * Does the Moon Really Exist? * The Fatal Blow? * A New Spin on the Puzzle * In Which Einstein is Caught in a Self-Contradiction * Whose Reality Is the Real Reality? * In Which Niels Bohr Is Obscure, Even By His Own Standards * And How Many Universities Did You Say Youd Be Needing? * Indeterminacy as Illusion * In Which Seeming Virtues Are Displayed as Faults * What Does Determinism Mean Anyway? * You Can Push it Around, but You Cant Get Rid of It Act II: Putting Reality To the Test * A New Angle on EPR * Fun With Algebra * And The Answer Is... * In Which Reality, Once Changed, Can Never Be Changed Back * The Possibility of Simultaneity * Not At All What Einstein Wanted Act III: Making Measurements * An Engineer, a Physicist, and a Philosopher... * The One True Paradox * At a Loss for Words * Can a Quantum Superposition Be Seen? * Like Peas in a Box * More than You Really Wanted to Know About Dried Peas * A Brief Digression About Time * The Defining Difference * At Last, the Quantum Cat * The Ghost of Schrdingers Cat * In Which Einsteins Moon is Restored * What Have We Learned? * The Last (or First) Mystery * Will We Ever Understand Quantum Mechanics?
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315Kio Publishing Bronze Drums and the Earrings
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Random House USA Inc Roberts Ridge A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on
Book SynopsisAfghanistan, March 2002. In the early morning darkness on a frigid mountaintop, a U.S. soldier is stranded, alone, surrounded by fanatical al Qaeda fighters. For the man’s fellow Navy SEALs, and for waiting teams of Army Rangers, there was only one rule now: leave no one behind. In this gripping you-are-there account-based on stunning eyewitness testimony and painstaking research-journalist Malcolm MacPherson thrusts us into a drama of rescue, tragedy, and valor in a place that would be known as...ROBERTS RIDGEFor an elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: take control of a towering 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar. Launched as part of Operation Anaconda-a hammer-and-anvil plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan -the taking of Takur Ghar would offer U.S. forces a key strategic observation post. But the enemy was waiting, hidden in a series of camouflaged trenches and bunkers-and when the Special Forces chopper flare
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Atlas Publishing and Media Company Chinas Vision of Victory
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Kristine Ohkubo Nickname Flower of Evil 21628124032151712399247461239833457
Book SynopsisWhen Japan transitioned from 264 years of rule under the military-led Tokugawa Shogunate to the restoration of imperial power during the Meiji era, it embarked on a path of rapid modernization. This modernization came at an enormous cost, a cost that was borne primarily by the already repressed members of Japan's society – the impoverished rural women, the female factory laborers, and the sex industry workers.Born during the latter part of the Meiji era, a former geisha and prostitute, Abe Sada was elevated to celebrity status after committing the most heinous crime in 20th century Japan. After being convicted and imprisoned for strangling and emasculating her lover with a kitchen knife, she became the subject of countless articles, books, and movies. Although she remains very famous in Japan, not much is known about her life outside of Japan except for what was depicted in the sexploitation film In the Realm of the Senses. Of the countless works
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Analiza Wolf AsianAmericans Who Inspire Us
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iUniverse The Home Front An Oral History of the War Years in America An Oral History of the War Years in America 194145
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iUniverse Japan In the Land of the BrokenHearted
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iUniverse The Unsolved Murder of a US Citizen by China Taiwan CIA in USA The Murder of Henry Liu
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iUniverse Historical Outline of China
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iUniverse Outline of Dynastic History Second Edition
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iUniverse A Cambodian Odyssey and The Deaths of 25 Journalists
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iUniverse In Afghanistan An American Odyssey
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iUniverse Abandon Love and Communism in Central Asia
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iUniverse An Adventure Interrupted The Experiences of an American Woman and Her Son Living in Japan Before and After the Kobe Earthquake
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iUniverse Seeing Malaysia My Way Collection of Personal Essays
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iUniverse Economic Exploitation of Bangladesh
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