The Modern History of Japan

W G Beasley

History

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civi

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A History of Modern Japan

Richard Storry

History

The rise, fall and renaissance of Japan, within the space of less than a hundred years, is one the most curious

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The Rising Sun

The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

John Toland

History

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanes

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Empire of the Sun

J G Ballard

Contemporary Fiction

Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a deep strength greater than all

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Children of the Ashes

The People of Hiroshima

Robert Jungk

History

This sombre report on Hiroshima since 1945 is the outcome of nearly three years of investigation by Robert Jung

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The Yamato Dynasty

The Secret History of Japans Imperial Family

Peggy Seagrave

History

In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chia

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