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Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan (Asia-Pacific) by Gerald Figal
epub |eng | 2012-06-01 | Author:Gerald Figal [Figal, Gerald]

While the forms depicted in pictures gradually change, the notion that an invisible spirit exists here does not. My kokugaku teacher Matsuura Shuhei would say that if it ever happened ...
( Category: Asia April 18,2018 )
The Xi Jinping Era by James C. Hsiung
epub |eng | | Author:James C. Hsiung

Deliberative Democracy Fulfills Potential In 2000, John Gastil of the University of Washington wrote a book entitled By Popular Demand: Revitalizing Representative Democracy Through Deliberative Elections. In the book, he ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 18,2018 )
Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War by John Day Tully
epub |eng | | Author:John Day Tully

Teachers focusing on America’s response to Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese revolution have a wealth of sources that they can use in their classes. One good starting point is ...
( Category: Schools & Teaching April 18,2018 )
Thailand's Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man by Patrick Jory
epub |eng | 2016-05-08 | Author:Patrick Jory [Jory, Patrick]

Relations between the Thai Court and Western Pali Scholars It is clear that Chulalongkorn’s essay on the Jātakas made considerable use of Western Pali scholarship, in particular the work of ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 16,2018 )
A Concise History of Hong Kong by Carroll John M
epub |eng | 2013-06-25 | Author:Carroll, John M. [Carroll, John M.]

HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE REVOLUTION OF 1949 The reactions in Britain and Hong Kong to the establishment of the PRC in October 1949 were a mixture of anxiety and ...
( Category: Asia April 16,2018 )
Russia in Revolution by S. A. Smith
epub |eng | 2016-11-29 | Author:S. A. Smith

Social Order Overturned The crime wave that began in 1917 soared during the civil war. During the October seizure of power there had been orgies of drunkenness as soldiers ransacked ...
( Category: Russia April 16,2018 )
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West
epub |eng | 2011-02-22 | Author:Bing West [West, Bing]

Shalah led his thirty askars back to their barracks. The Afghan soldiers lived in the schoolhouse, bought their food in the local market, and attended to their administrative duties by ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )
Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World by Christina Lamb
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-04-08 | Author:Christina Lamb

Though I spent a lot of time with Karzai that week I found it hard to pin him down on anything serious. All he wanted to do was reminisce about ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
The Battle of Savo by Stanley E. Smith
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-28 | Author:Stanley E. Smith [Smith, Stanley E.]

CHAPTER 11 THE PATTERSON was the first of the Southern Force warships to go into action. Instantly upon sighting the enemy cruisers, Commander Walker sent a signalman racing to the ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
A Survey of Hinduism by Klostermaier Klaus K
epub |eng | 2007-04-15 | Author:Klostermaier, Klaus K.

THE CORE OF YOGA One of the most important topics in the Yoga Stra is prayama. The great significance of pra, or life breath, in philosophical speculation was mentioned earlier. ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98 by Stephen Turnbull
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Turnbull

THE FIRST SIEGE OF CHINJU The pressure from Korean guerrilla attacks forced Ukita Hideie, the commander of all the Japanese forces, to send reinforcements to Kyŏngsang from Seoul, and towards ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
China: History of China - History of an Empire: A Historical Overview of China, & East Asia. Including: Ancient China, Communism, & Capitalism by Raymond C. Nelson
epub |eng | 2016-08-26 | Author:Raymond C. Nelson [Nelson, Raymond C.]

Chapter 7 – History of Chinese Language The Chinese writing system is one of its kind. It is unique because it doesn’t follow the normal alphabetic scripts like the majority ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
Shanghai and Nanjing 1937: Massacre on the Yangtze (Campaign) by Benjamin Lai
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-29 | Author:Benjamin Lai [Lai, Benjamin]

Japanese infantrymen hauling a Type 41 mountain gun at the heavily contested Shanghai North Railway Station, where the elite ‘Germanized’ Chinese troops were once based. (Getty Images 79666179) During late ...
( Category: Asia April 15,2018 )
Crisis in a Divided Korea by James Matray
epub |eng | | Author:James Matray [James I. Matray]

A far more serious blow to Kim Young-sam’s presidency than partisan politics came in the economic arena, where a steady decline became a complete collapse in response to the East ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )
American Soldier by General Tommy R. Franks
epub |eng | | Author:General Tommy R. Franks

THE TEN DAYS FROM HELL ENDED ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19. Near midnight, Afghan time—early afternoon in Tampa— John Mulholland inserted the first Special Forces A-Team into General Dostum’s mud-brick village ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 15,2018 )

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