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Footprints of War by Biggs David A
epub |eng | 2018-01-19 | Author:Biggs, David A.

A NEW WAR BEGINS The deaths of Diệm and Nhu and the arrest of Cẩn marked an important turning point not only for RVN-US relations but also for the NLF ...
( Category: Politics & Government January 20,2019 )
The Constitution of Ancient China by Su Li
epub |eng | 2018-01-19 | Author:Su Li

Numerology and Offices The use of symbolic numerology to set out the relationships between government posts and the universe was later systematized and expressed more fully than in the old-text ...
( Category: Constitutional Law January 20,2019 )
American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 by Mark Berhow
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Berhow

The American assault on Corregidor The American assault on Corregidor was by an airdrop by the 503d Parachute Regiment supported by an amphibious assault by a reinforced battalion of the ...
( Category: Military January 18,2019 )
Reassessing Pearl Harbor by James Johns
epub |eng | 2017-02-24 | Author:James Johns [Johns, James]

The addendum to Proposal B assured everyone that if the main points could be agreed upon, and if peace in the Pacific became a reality, Japan would withdraw her troops ...
( Category: Asia January 18,2019 )
India by Shashi Tharoor
epub |eng | 2013-01-17 | Author:Shashi Tharoor [Tharoor, Shashi]

MB Rajesh Working his way up from the grass-roots of the political system, MB Rajesh belongs to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Rajesh was elected to the Lok Sabha ...
( Category: Asia January 18,2019 )
The Little Book of Kyoto by Ben Simmons
epub |eng | | Author:Ben Simmons

A procession of Shinto priests with sturdy oilpaper bangasa umbrellas. The sacred Honden, Kamigamo’s Main Sanctuary Hall, is a National Treasure. Kinkaku-ji Temple Kinkaku-ji, renowned for its Golden Pavilion, was ...
( Category: Asia January 16,2019 )
Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:John W. Dower

Unveiling the Draft Constitution On March 6, with great fanfare, the new constitution was made known to the public in a manner that gave equal prominence to the emperor and ...
( Category: Asia January 12,2019 )
Cambodia by Henry Kamm
epub |eng | 2011-01-09 | Author:Henry Kamm [Kamm, Henry]

11 “The Cambodian No Longer Exists”: 1975-1979 CAMBODIA’S LONGEST NIGHT began on the morning of April 17, 1975. Gradually the Khmer Rouge guns and rocket launchers, which had continued to ...
( Category: Asia January 10,2019 )
The Story of My Experiments with Truth by M. K. Gandhi
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-02-28 | Author:M. K. Gandhi

PART IV 01. 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST?' Mr. Chamberlain had come to get a gift of 35 million pounds from South Africa, and to win the hearts of Englishmen and Boers. ...
( Category: Asia January 5,2019 )
Oriental Mythology by Joseph Campbell
epub |eng | 2018-10-05 | Author:Joseph Campbell [Campbell, Joseph]

VIII. Three Buddhist Kings AŚOKA MAURYA: C. 268–232 b.c. Candragupta’s grandson was the great Aśoka, who reigned c. 268–232 b.c., and, continuing the course of victory, conquered the whole east ...
( Category: Social Sciences January 2,2019 )
Shutting Out the Sun by Michael Zielenziger
epub |eng | 2018-12-31 | Author:Michael Zielenziger

( Category: Politics & Government January 1,2019 )
The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan by Sam Kleiner
epub |eng | 2018-05-15 | Author:Sam Kleiner

CHAPTER 12 AERIAL GUERRILLA WARFARE After Rangoon fell on March 7, the AVG would make their last stand in Burma on a small, barren airfield near a town called Magwe, ...
( Category: Military January 1,2019 )
Early China by Li Feng
epub |eng | 2013-11-30 | Author:Li Feng [Feng, Li]

Ethnic Relations and the Rise of the Huaxia Concept The Spring and Autumn period was also a time during which the way the people in North China viewed themselves had ...
( Category: Asia January 1,2019 )
Complete Musashi by Miyamoto Musashi
epub |eng | | Author:Miyamoto Musashi

It is difficult to write about such matters in detail. Read what I have outlined here and find ways to work it out for yourself. These three initiatives must be ...
( Category: Individual Sports December 30,2018 )
THE FIRST FIRANGIS:Remarkable Stories of Heroes, Healers, Charlatans, Courtesans & other Foreigners who Became Indian by Jonathan Gil Harris
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:Jonathan Gil Harris [Harris, Jonathan Gil]

In the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, we hear about a Mughal courtier named Sikander Zul-Qarnain who has been made faujdar (commander) of Sambhar, a lake-town in Rajasthan. Zul-Qarnain, we are told, is the ...
( Category: Asia December 24,2018 )

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