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1	Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath more books like this by Michael Norman, Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ... see all copies from $13.63! new only from $18.01! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II more books like this by John W Dower add to wishlist A history of Japan, this work draws on a range of Japanese sources to offer an analysis of how shattering defeat in World War II, followed by over six years of military occupation by the USA, affected every level of Japanese society - in ways that neither the victor nor the vanquished could anticipate. Here is the history of an extraordinary ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West more books like this by T R Reid add to wishlist A man who was the Tokyo bureau chief for the"Washington Post" for five years examines deep "Asian values" that inform the culture in Japan and which contribute to its economic success. Reid is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II more books like this by Bill Sloan add to wishlist The Ultimate Battle tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, using the same up-close narrative style and "grunt's-eye" view of the action that distinguishes Sloan's Brotherhood of Heroes from other war books. It is a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death in the largest land-sea-air operation in US ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Varley: Japanese Culture 4th Pa more books like this by Professor H Paul Varley add to wishlist An introduction to Japanese history and culture. This fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the 47 "ronin", and mass culture in contemporary times. see all copies from $6.37! new only from $24.89!
6	The Rape of Nanking more books like this by Iris Chang add to wishlist In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (Nanjing) and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenceless city, but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story more books like this by Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya add to wishlist Considered the best account available of the Japanese view of the battle. see all copies from $4.75! new only from $15.99! \| first editions
8	A History of Warfare more books like this by John Keegan add to wishlist In this book, winner of the Duff Cooper prize, the author, a military historian, provides not merely a history of warfare but an analysis of world history, and the role that man's impulse to war has played in it. This book is the result of 30 years of reading, research, teaching and commenting on military affairs. It brings together in a single ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai more books like this by Yamamoto Tsunetomo add to wishlist Outlines the ethical code of the samurai in a time when the martial skills of the warrior became redundant and his role was subsumed into governmental service. see all copies from $2.35! new only from $4.54! \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Introduction to Japanese Society more books like this by Professor Yoshio Sugimoto add to wishlist In a second edition of his book which has become essential reading for students of Japanese society, Yoshio Sugimoto uses both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. In so doing he challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture, and draws attention to its subcultural diversity and ... see all copies from $2.19! new only from $12.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II more books like this by Iris Chang add to wishlist The first English-language history ever written about the Japanese army's 1937 conquest of China's capital and the massacre of its inhabitants. Chang, a freelance journalist, describes the circumstances under which the Japanese killed a quarter of a million Chinese (nearly all of them civilian noncombatants) during the first few months of their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations more books like this by Conrad Schirokauer add to wishlist A brief introductory text that emphasises cultural history while also covering political and economic history. Chapters are brief and each major Chinese dynasty, Japanese Shogunate, or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Chapters or groups of chapters on China or Japan alternate. Encounters with the West, beginning in the 16th ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.89! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present more books like this by Andrew Gordon add to wishlist The Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present, Second Edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of Japanese history. It takes students from the days of the shogunate - the feudal overlordship of the Tokugawa family - through the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai ... see all copies from $5.71! new only from $20.92! \| first editions
14 view cover	Sources of Japanese Tradition more books like this by William Theodore de Bary (Editor) add to wishlist Volume 1 addresses the development, through the eighteenth century, of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Book of Tea more books like this by Kakuzo Okakura add to wishlist Originally published in English in 1906, this classic text has become a favorite of Western readers. An explanation of the Japanese tea ceremony, it is seen as a text that seeks and finds meaning as well as one that has layers of meaning of its own. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.51! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon more books like this by Sei add to wishlist One of the great classics of Japanese literature, THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON is not only a useful compendium of information about life at the court of the empress in 11th-century Japan, it is also a remarkable portrait of its author, the lady-in-waiting known as Sei Shonagon, born in 966. The book contains lists (of, among others, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Second World War more books like this by John Keegan add to wishlist By the author of "The Price of Admiralty", this book approaches the war from a thematic and periodic standpoint. The course of the war is divided into six passages and attached to each is an analytical narrative of a battle, which exemplifies a mode of warfare special to this war, such as city sieges, an air battle, an airborne operation, an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey more books like this by Mikiso Hane add to wishlist This newly revised volume drawn from Professor Hanes classic text, Japan: A Historical Survey, presents a rich account of early Japanese history for students. Important elements of early Japanese history persist in present-day Japan more tenaciously than is sometimes realized. Hane traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $31.02! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Japanese Through American Eyes more books like this by Shelia K Johnson, Sheila K Johnson, Shenglin Chang add to wishlist Largely based on the information conveyed by bestselling novels, magazines, cartoons, movies and television shows, this is an illuminating look at American attitudes and stereotypes about Japan since World War II. The book is illustrated with one photograph and sixteen cartoons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.67! \| SVS
20 view cover	Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan more books like this by R M Connaughton add to wishlist The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and incompetent, the Tsar cautious and uncertain. The Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan more books like this by Ivan Morris add to wishlist A portrait of the court culture of the ancient emperors of Japan. This book is divided into subject chapters covering such themes as politics, religion, the cult of beauty and the the "Tale of Genji" for easy reference. Appendices and genealogical tables on the Heian period are included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.19! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family more books like this by Sterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave add to wishlist This history of Japan's royal family explores the role that the family and its associates played in the social, political, and economic life of Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. It investigates the extent to which these anachronistic networks of power still exist and how they hinder Japan's full participation in modern-day international ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire more books like this by Richard B Frank add to wishlist Told from contemporary accounts on both sides, this is the definitive story of how the war in the Pacific ended with the controversial use of the atomic bomb. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Warriors of Medieval Japan more books like this by Stephen Turnbull add to wishlist The samurai remain the best known warriors of medieval Japan, but they were by no means the only fighting elite. There were the ashigaru, who were first recruited to swell army numbers but later became a vital part of any samurai force. Trained to protect their monasteries, warrior monks were formidable enemies, mastering a range of martial ... see all copies from $2.48! new only from $5.31! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Pearl Harbor Papers (H) more books like this by Donald M Goldstein (Editor), Katherine V Dillon (Editor) add to wishlist Finally revealed in all their fascinating detail, these are the original Japanese documents on Pearl Harbor: secret plans, battle group histories, and letters and diaries of key Japanese participants, including the legendary Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Full-color map. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions

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