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Aces of the Republic of China Air Force by Raymond Cheung
epub |eng | | Author:Raymond Cheung

‘Art’ Chin at Lanchow in 1939, when he served as an instructor for the Combined Pursuit Group. While at Lanchow, Chin had the bizarre experience of having to fight off ...
( Category: Military December 9,2018 )
Japanese Army in World War II by Gordon Rottman
epub |eng | | Author:Gordon Rottman

Small-unit tactics in the Philippines A number of characteristics of Japanese small-unit tactics were noted in the Philippines. Attacks would often begin at dusk with infiltration through gaps between units ...
( Category: Asia December 9,2018 )
Pogrom in Gujarat by Ghassem-Fachandi Parvis; Ghassem-Fachandi Parvis;
epub |eng | 2012-12-08 | Author:Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis; Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis;

ASSIMILATING LACK Like many of his peers, Bharat does not speak English well, and his lack of marked improvement while living with me led others to attribute his slow progress ...
( Category: Politics & Government December 9,2018 )
Liberalism in Empire by Sartori Andrew Stephen;
epub |eng | | Author:Sartori, Andrew Stephen;

5 Peasant Property and Muslim Freedom If we consider the founding of Pakistan in 1947 as the single most consequential political expression of a self-identifiedly “Muslim” aspiration to collective self-determination ...
( Category: Politics & Government December 9,2018 )
Uprising in Pakistan by Tariq Ali
epub |eng | | Author:Tariq Ali

In Dhaka, however, many ‘revolutionaries’ did take fright at what they referred to as peasant ‘excesses’ and there were constant appeals for calm and quiet in the countryside. While the ...
( Category: Asia December 9,2018 )
Mount Hiei: The Sacred Mountain of Japanese Buddhism (near Kyoto) (Sacred Japan Book 1) by Masakazu Ishikawa & Masakazu Ishikawa
azw3 |eng | 2017-03-06 | Author:Masakazu Ishikawa & Masakazu Ishikawa [Ishikawa, Masakazu]

I saw another stone torii in the middle of the mountain path. Three golden characters written on the torii mean Benzaiten. Benzaiten is a Buddhist goddess derived from the Hindu ...
( Category: Asia December 9,2018 )
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert Mcnamara
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-05 | Author:Robert Mcnamara [Mcnamara, Robert]

SECRETARY MCNAMARA: I don’t believe that the bombing up to the present has significantly reduced, nor any bombing that I could contemplate in the future would significantly reduce, the actual ...
( Category: Military December 9,2018 )
Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford
epub |eng | | Author:A.B. Mitford

THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB IF a man thinks only of his own profit, and tries to benefit himself at the expense of others, he will incur ...
( Category: Asia December 8,2018 )
The Origins of the Modern World by Robert B. Marks
epub |eng | 2016-01-19 | Author:Robert B. Marks

Conclusion: Into the Anthropocene In the course of human history, the Industrial Revolution equals or surpasses that of the agricultural revolution in importance. Where agriculture allowed people to capture the ...
( Category: Europe December 8,2018 )
Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910–1945 by Hildi Kang
epub |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Hildi Kang [Kang, Hildi]

( Category: Asia December 8,2018 )
People Who Eat Darkness: Murder, Grief and a Journey Into Japan's Shadows by Richard Lloyd Parry
epub |eng | 2012-03-05 | Author:Richard Lloyd Parry [Parry, Richard Lloyd]

15. GEORGE O’HARA Instead of Azabu Police Station, where they would have interrogated the suspect in a more routine case, Superintendent Udo’s detectives took Joji Obara to the fortresslike headquarters ...
( Category: True Crime December 8,2018 )
The British in India by David Gilmour
epub |eng | | Author:David Gilmour

MIXED MARRIAGES Whatever criticism the custom provoked, British men continued to marry Indian, Burmese and Eurasian women until the end of the Raj and beyond. In smaller numbers British women ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources November 30,2018 )
Tsushima 1905 by Mark Lardas & Peter Dennis
epub |eng | 2018-08-06 | Author:Mark Lardas & Peter Dennis

The Vladivostok Independent Cruiser Squadron swung into action almost immediately. It launched its first raid against Japanese cargo vessels the day hostilities commenced. It broke through the ice around the ...
( Category: Asia November 29,2018 )
The Baloch Conflict with Iran and Pakistan: Aspects of a National Liberation Struggle by Naseer Dashti
azw3 |eng | 2017-02-09 | Author:Naseer Dashti [Dashti, Naseer]

LACK OF EXTERNAL SUPPORT The lack of external support and the antagonistic attitude of the Western powers towards the Baloch national struggle was another factor in the collapse of the ...
( Category: Politics & Government November 24,2018 )
Rethinking Japanese Feminisms by Bullock Julia C.; Kano Ayako; Welker James
epub |eng | 2017-11-18 | Author:Bullock, Julia C.; Kano, Ayako; Welker, James

CHAPTER 9 Feminist Acts of Reading Ariyoshi Sawako, Sono Ayako, and the Lived Experience of Women in Japan BARBARA HARTLEY In recent decades, revisionist feminist scholarship—scholarship that revisits previous research ...
( Category: Asia November 19,2018 )

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