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During the occupation of Japan after WWII, the US had an important decision to make. Should they hold those responsible for atrocities during the war accountable or should they take the information to advance national interest? The researchers who worked at Unit 731, the biological and chemical warfare research and development unit, were given immunity in exchange for their research data. Unit 731 included factories filled with humans, tested with various diseases, as well as field tests on civilians of the Soviet Union and China.

古代の人々の精神や思考を伝え、日本文化を知るためには不可欠の古典である『古事記』。

戦国乱世から泰平の世へ大転換をうながした天下人秀吉。百姓からの異常な出世、大名統制の経営戦略、海外出兵など、強烈な個性をもった生涯を生き生きと描く。

The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness reporting over three decades, interviews with key figures and documents from archives in China and the West. The story sweeps the listener from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the 19th century to the age of globalisation, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the battle for democracy on the city’s streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party.

In Sisters of Mokama, Jyoti Thottam draws upon 20 years’ worth of research to tell this inspiring story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same.

徳川家康研究の第一人者による決定版。覇権への命運を賭けて、天下分け目の合戦、関ヶ原の戦いに臨んだ徳川家康。

The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.

関東の戦国覇者、北条氏。初代宗瑞の登場から五代氏直の秀吉との東西決戦まで、民政で独自の手腕を見せ、一族が結束して支配を広げた屈指の戦国大名の実像に迫る。

日本史を振り返ると、天皇は、政治の表舞台での主役として、また政治的な実権を失ったときは名目上の権力者として、この国に関わってきた。明治憲法の下では統治権を総攬する君主として、そして日本国憲法

平安中期、幼少の天皇に代わり、外戚の藤原氏が摂政・関白となって政治を行う体制が成立した。その最盛期を迎える藤原道長の時代に至る歴史を、歴史物語「大鏡」を軸に、平易な語り言葉で述べる。

Unforgiving Destiny follows the true story of the 37-year pursuit by authorities on five continents to imprison and execute David McMillan as he travelled as an independent smuggler. Dogged by an obsessed DEA agent, he evades the death penalty in Thailand by escaping prison, only to be "disappeared" in Pakistan after crossing the Afghan border. After every downfall, McMillan rebuilds his life and network only to find the same agency people arranging capture by any means.

The Hindu epic poem Mahabharata by itself is 10 times longer than both the Iliad and Odyssey combined. In this volume, you will discover how the storm god Indra defeated the demon Vritrasura, and how Indra came to respect Vritrasura even though he had to kill him; how King Yayati had to choose between honoring his oath to his father-in-law on the one hand and the Dharma on the other, and what consequences came of his decision; and more.

In 2017, the Defense Intelligence Agency began to produce a series of unclassifed Defense Intelligence overviews of major foreign military challenges we face. This volume provides details on China’s defense and military goals, strategy, plans, and intentions; the organization, structure, and capability of its military supporting those goals; and the enabling infrastructure and industrial base. This product and other reports in the series are intended to inform our public, our leaders, the national security community, and partner nations.

India es un país repleto de misterio, riqueza y profundo descubrimiento espiritual. Cada faceta de esta antigua tierra parece perfumada con las famosas especias que atrajeron a los comerciantes europeos a sus costas hace más de cinco siglos. Aquí, musulmanes, hindúes, cristianos, sikhs y budistas viven hombro con hombro en un mundo repleto de múltiples dioses y rutas de peregrinación yuxtapuestas, cada una perfectamente pacífica en sus propias creencias y tradiciones.

江戸時代に各地を治めていた藩主は、明治四年の廃藩置県によって国元から切り離されて強制的に東京住まいとなった。戊辰戦争で勝った大名も負けた大名も一緒くたに、領地は没収され、家臣は解散させられた

昭和史研究の第一人者・半藤一利が、最後に日本人に伝え残したかったこととは――。太平洋戦争を理解する上で欠かせない「名言」の意味とその背景を、著者ならではの平易な文体で解説し、

Between December 13, 1937, and the beginning of February 1938, Japanese soldiers entered the Chinese city of Nanjing, following a very brief fight for the city. For over six weeks, they committed some of the worst atrocities, first against the Chinese soldiers after they surrendered, then against the civilians. The Westerners who did not flee from the city prior to the Japanese arrival set up a safety zone in the weeks leading up to the Imperial Army entering the city. This was the only place where there was relative safety.

To most people in the West, particularly the youth, the mere mention of Japan immediately evokes various images. A delectable rainbow of sushi, hand-rolled temaki, and platters of crispy, golden-brown tempura. An idyllic, crystal-clear lake flanked by trees covered with delicate, cotton-candy-pink sakura blossoms.

江戸時代に各地を治めていた藩主は、明治4年の廃藩置県によって国元から切り離されて強制的に東京住まいとなりました。戊辰戦争で勝った大名も負けた大名も一緒くたに、領地は没収され、家臣は解散させられた

A story of a young woman left behind and a young reporter coming of age in a world of war; a gripping memoir of Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1970s. As brutal wars in Cambodia and Vietnam come to swift and cataclysmic ends, a young reporter plans a last minute rescue of a woman he loved. The rescue fails.