The phrase The Jungle is Neutral has acquired cult status. But not much is known of the hero Lieutenant- Colonel Freddy Spencer Chapman who was…
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Tag: Japanese Historical Biographies
Pre-World War 2 – Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai
This is the story of Richard Maurice Tinkler an ordinary Englishman who after fighting for his country in World war one found that his country…
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Biography – Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
This biography of Hirohito deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize and the National book critics circle award. I read this biography in 2006. It is still…
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Partisan viewpoint – Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
Kawamura attempts in this 2015 book to exonerate Hirohito from any form of culpability for the war waged by the Japanese government against China, the…
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A partisan viewpoint – Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
Kawamura attempts in this 2015 book to exonerate Hirohito from any form of culpability for the war waged by the Japanese government against China, the…
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