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Oceans of Fate
Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia
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CA$32.99
ISBN: 9781459752511
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Dundurn Press
The remarkable story of how one ship — doomed by war — intersected lives and crossed into history. Completed in 1913 for Canadian Pacific, the Empress of Asia plied the oceans for nearly thirty...
From Thorns to Blossoms
A Japanese American Family in War and Peace
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781962645058
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Oregon State University Press
A Japanese American girl born and raised partly in traditional Japanese farm style in Oregon-and unjustly imprisoned by her own country during World War II-eventually overcomes the self-hatred fostered by post-war racism of her hometown.
Of Love and War
Pacific Brides of World War II
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781496205100
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Of Love and War details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind.
One Sunny Day
A Child's Memories of Hiroshima
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CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780870712333
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Oregon State University Press
"Every year when the days begin to stretch and the penetrating heat of summer rises to a scorching point, I am brought back to one sunny day in a faraway land. I was a young child waiting for my mother to come home. On that day, however, the sun and the earth melted together. My mother would not come home. . . ."
Hideko was ten years old when the atomic bomb devastated her home in Hiroshima. In this eloquent and moving narrative, she recalls her life before the bomb, the explosion itself, and the influence of that trauma upon her subsequent life in Japan and the United States. Her years in America have given her unusual insights into the relationship between Japanese and American cultures and the impact of Hiroshima on our lives.
This new edition includes two expanded chapters and revisions throughout. A new...
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
When Total Empire Met Total War
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CA$48.95
ISBN: 9781501768262
Pub Date: February 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
"The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere offers a lucid, dynamic, and highly readable history of Japan's attempt to usher in a new order in Asia during World War II."? Cross-Currents: East Asian...
Imperial Gateway
Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945
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CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501767708
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In Imperial Gateway, Seiji Shirane explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan's empire from 1895 to the end of World War II. Challenging...
Awaiting MacArthur's Return
World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines
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CA$60.95
ISBN: 9780700633579
Pub Date: October 2022
Over the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan’s occupation of the archipelago. Although the guerrillas never possessed the combat strength to overcome...
Translating the Occupation
The Japanese Invasion of China, 1931-45
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CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780774864473
Pub Date: August 2021
Imprint: UBC Press
Featuring a collection of translated texts written by writers who lived through the occupation, Translating the Occupation challenges and deepens our understanding of the tensions and transformations that Japanese invasion wrought on Chinese society.
Chinese Comfort Women
Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves
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CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774825450
Pub Date: July 2014
Imprint: UBC Press
This is the first English-language book to record the experiences and testimonies of Chinese women abducted and detained as sex slaves in Japanese military “comfort stations” during Japan’s 1931-45 invasion of China.
Stepping Stones to Nowhere
The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774809900
Pub Date: January 2004
Imprint: UBC Press
Galen Perras shows how that changed with the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu during the Second World War.
Not the Slightest Chance
The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774810449
Pub Date: May 2003
Imprint: UBC Press
This book represents the first attempt to piece together all existing accounts of the December 1941 Battle of Hong Kong and the fighting between the Garrison and the invading Japanese.
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
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CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781574885545
Pub Date: April 2003
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Ted W. Lawson's classic Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo appears in an enhanced reprint edition on the sixtieth anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan. "One of the worst feelings about that time," Ted...
Bombing to Win
Air Power and Coercion in War
Price:
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780801483110
Pub Date: April 1996
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In this now-classic work of the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps military strategists and policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates.
Japan Prepares for Total War
The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941
Price:
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780801495298
Pub Date: July 1988
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Barnhart examines the events leading up to World War II in the context of Japan's quest for economic security.
Oceans of Fate
Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia
CA$32.99
ISBN: 9781459752511
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Dundurn Press
From Thorns to Blossoms
A Japanese American Family in War and Peace
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781962645058
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Oregon State University Press
Of Love and War
Pacific Brides of World War II
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781496205100
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
One Sunny Day
A Child's Memories of Hiroshima
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780870712333
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Oregon State University Press
"Every year when the days begin to stretch and the penetrating heat of summer rises to a scorching point, I am brought back to one sunny day in a faraway land. I was a young child waiting for my mother to come home. On that day, however, the sun and the earth melted together. My mother would not come home. . . ."
Hideko was ten years old when the atomic bomb devastated her home in Hiroshima. In this eloquent and moving narrative, she recalls her life before the bomb, the explosion itself, and the influence of that trauma upon her subsequent life in Japan and the United States. Her years in America have given her unusual insights into the relationship between Japanese and American cultures and the impact of Hiroshima on our lives.
This new edition includes two expanded chapters and revisions throughout. A new...
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
When Total Empire Met Total War
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9781501768262
Pub Date: February 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Imperial Gateway
Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501767708
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Awaiting MacArthur's Return
World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines
CA$60.95
ISBN: 9780700633579
Pub Date: October 2022
Translating the Occupation
The Japanese Invasion of China, 1931-45
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780774864473
Pub Date: August 2021
Imprint: UBC Press
Chinese Comfort Women
Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774825450
Pub Date: July 2014
Imprint: UBC Press
Stepping Stones to Nowhere
The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774809900
Pub Date: January 2004
Imprint: UBC Press
Not the Slightest Chance
The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774810449
Pub Date: May 2003
Imprint: UBC Press
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781574885545
Pub Date: April 2003
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Bombing to Win
Air Power and Coercion in War
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780801483110
Pub Date: April 1996
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In this now-classic work of the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps military strategists and policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates.
Japan Prepares for Total War
The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780801495298
Pub Date: July 1988
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Barnhart examines the events leading up to World War II in the context of Japan's quest for economic security.