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Author: Rebecca Taniguchi Publisher: ISBN: 9781737070405 Category : Languages : en Pages : 426
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Rarely has a novel so vividly depicted the horror of U.S. internment camps of the 1940s, nor has one revealed the story of feisty Hiroshi Koga, who discovers love and friendship amid the morass. After winning the affections of Ruth Nakamura, Hiroshi befriends his former rival in love, and when Uncle Sam calls Japanese Americans to serve, both men volunteer to prove their loyalty to the very country that imprisoned them because of their race.Aging Hiro reveals the story of how he rose to staff sergeant in the segregated 100th Battalion/ 442nd Regional Combat Team, leading his comrades with distinction. In the final days of the war, Hiro's friend is killed while on patrol with their beloved platoon leader. Angry and confused, Hiro turns on Lieutenant Ando, and their misunderstanding escalates when Hiro is unfairly court-martialed by their spiteful Caucasian colonel and Ando does nothing to help. Forty years later, the veterans struggle to forgive themselves and each other. Haunted by their past, Ando begins a long battle for justice on Hiro's behalf as the nation offers redress for the internment. The lieutenant's pursuit becomes a race to the finish as Hiro nears death, and secrets long held by Ando, Hiro, and Ruth are exposed, inflicting pain while offering a path to redemption. Hiro's War is essential reading for anyone concerned with the challenges of realizing the American dream of liberty and justice for all, of understanding what compassion and courage demand of us as individuals and as a nation.
Author: Rebecca Taniguchi Publisher: ISBN: 9781737070405 Category : Languages : en Pages : 426
Book Description
Rarely has a novel so vividly depicted the horror of U.S. internment camps of the 1940s, nor has one revealed the story of feisty Hiroshi Koga, who discovers love and friendship amid the morass. After winning the affections of Ruth Nakamura, Hiroshi befriends his former rival in love, and when Uncle Sam calls Japanese Americans to serve, both men volunteer to prove their loyalty to the very country that imprisoned them because of their race.Aging Hiro reveals the story of how he rose to staff sergeant in the segregated 100th Battalion/ 442nd Regional Combat Team, leading his comrades with distinction. In the final days of the war, Hiro's friend is killed while on patrol with their beloved platoon leader. Angry and confused, Hiro turns on Lieutenant Ando, and their misunderstanding escalates when Hiro is unfairly court-martialed by their spiteful Caucasian colonel and Ando does nothing to help. Forty years later, the veterans struggle to forgive themselves and each other. Haunted by their past, Ando begins a long battle for justice on Hiro's behalf as the nation offers redress for the internment. The lieutenant's pursuit becomes a race to the finish as Hiro nears death, and secrets long held by Ando, Hiro, and Ruth are exposed, inflicting pain while offering a path to redemption. Hiro's War is essential reading for anyone concerned with the challenges of realizing the American dream of liberty and justice for all, of understanding what compassion and courage demand of us as individuals and as a nation.
Author: Hiroo Onoda Publisher: Naval Institute Press ISBN: 1612515649 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 226
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In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine police, hostile islanders, and successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II was still being fought and that one day his fellow soldiers would return victorious. This account of those years is an epic tale of the will to survive that offers a rare glimpse of man's invincible spirit, resourcefulness, and ingenuity. A hero to his people, Onoda wrote down his experiences soon after his return to civilization. This book was translated into English the following year and has enjoyed an approving audience ever since.
Author: Dilip Hiro Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136485562 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 556
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This book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro goes on to outline the Islamist movements that have thrived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, and their changing relationship with America. It is within this framework that the rising menace of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida network is discussed. The Pentagon's amazingly swift victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan is examined along with implications of the Bush Doctrine, encapsulated in his declaration, 'so long as anybody is terrorizing established governments, there needs to be a war' - a recipe for war without end.
Author: Dilip Hiro Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190050330 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 569
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For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis see this as a conflict between Sunni and Shia; Iran's ruling clerics view it as one between their own Islamic Republic and an illegitimate monarchy. This foundational schism has played out in a geopolitical competition for dominance in the region: Iran has expanded its influence in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, while Saudi Arabia's hyperactive crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, has intervened in Yemen, isolated Qatar and destabilized Lebanon. Dilip Hiro examines the toxic rivalry between the two countries, tracing its roots and asking whether this Islamic Cold War is likely to end any time soon.
Author: Hiro Saito Publisher: University of Hawaii Press ISBN: 0824874390 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 293
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Seventy years have passed since the end of the Asia-Pacific War, yet Japan remains embroiled in controversy with its neighbors over the war’s commemoration. Among the many points of contention between Japan, China, and South Korea are interpretations of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, apologies and compensation for foreign victims of Japanese aggression, prime ministerial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, and the war’s portrayal in textbooks. Collectively, these controversies have come to be called the “history problem.” But why has the problem become so intractable? Can it ever be resolved, and if so, how? To answer these questions author Hiro Saito mobilizes the sociology of collective memory and social movements, political theories of apology and reconciliation, psychological research on intergroup conflict, and philosophical reflections on memory and history. The history problem, he argues, is essentially a relational phenomenon caused when nations publicly showcase self-serving versions of the past at key ceremonies and events: Japan, South Korea, and China all focus on what happened to their own citizens with little regard for foreign others. Saito goes on to explore the emergence of a cosmopolitan form of commemoration taking humanity, rather than nationality, as its primary frame of reference, an approach increasingly used by a transnational network of advocacy NGOs, victims of Japan’s past wrongdoings, historians, and educators. When cosmopolitan commemoration is practiced as a collective endeavor by both perpetrators and victims, Saito argues, a resolution of the history problem—and eventual reconciliation—will finally become possible. The History Problem examines a vast corpus of historical material in both English and Japanese, offering provocative findings that challenge orthodox explanations. Written in clear and accessible prose, this uniquely interdisciplinary book will appeal to sociologists, political scientists, and historians researching collective memory, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and international relations—and to anyone interested in the commemoration of historical wrongs. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.
Author: John Bulloch Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317206290 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 346
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After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980? In this book, first published in 1989, the authors argue that the lack of territorial gain was irrelevant: the real advantages won by each side were far more important, intangible though they were. For Iran, the channelling of the energies of her people away from domestic concerns meant the continuation of the Islamic revolution and ensured the stability of the mullahs. In Iraq, the war propped up the increasingly shaky regime of Saddam Hussein. The outside world, especially the superpowers, was terrified of the spread of Muslim fundamentalism, so made no effort to prevent Iraq from trying to halt this spread. But Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the oil states also had vested interests in promoting the continuation of the war.
Author: Jay Kristoff Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1250017912 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 338
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The first in an epic new fantasy series, introducing an unforgettable new heroine and a stunningly original dystopian steampunk world with a flavor of feudal Japan. A DYING LAND The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. The skies are red as blood, the land is choked with toxic pollution, and the great spirit animals that once roamed its wilds have departed forever. AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST The hunters of Shima's imperial court are charged by their Shogun to capture a thunder tiger – a legendary creature, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shogun is death. A HIDDEN GIFT Yukiko is a child of the Fox clan, possessed of a talent that if discovered, would see her executed by the Lotus Guild. Accompanying her father on the Shogun's hunt, she finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima's last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled thunder tiger for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he'd rather see her dead than help her. But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.
Author: Jeffrey S. Dixon Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 0872897753 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 817
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This title describes how civil war is defined and categorized and presents data and descriptions for nearly 300 civil wars waged from 1816 to the present. Analyzing trends over time and regions, this work is the definitive source for understanding the phenomenon of civil war.
Author: J. B. Toner Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449003583 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 182
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Be Proud To Be Catholic! This is a novel about the bizarre adventures of the Church Militant in this strange bent universe of ours, refuting the utopian secularists with direct visions of Hell and the Fall, confounding the pessimist heresies by a journey to the Bridge of Purgatory, and entertaining the good-hearted with beer and pizza, time travel, kung-fu, and the age-old debate about whether to strap weights to your baby to make him grow up strong.
Author: Rebecca Taniguchi
Author: Rebecca Taniguchi
Author: Hiroo Onoda
Author: Dilip Hiro
Author: Dilip Hiro
Author: Dilip Hiro
Author: Hiro Saito
Author: John Bulloch
Author: Jay Kristoff
Author: Jeffrey S. Dixon
Author: J. B. Toner