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1) Mannerheim: president, soldier, spy :president, soldier, spy

Author

Clements, Jonathan

Publisher

Haus

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

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Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. As a young Finnish officer in Russian service he witnessed the coronation of the last Tsar and was both reprimanded for his foolhardiness and decorated for his bravery in the Russo-Japanese war. He spent two years undercover in Asia as an agent in the 'Great Game', posing as a Swedish anthropologist. Crossing China on horseback, he stopped en route to teach the thirteenth...

2) Japan at war in the Pacific: the rise and fall of the Japanese empire in Asia, 1868-1945

Author

Clements, Jonathan

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

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"Japan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan's transformation from a Samurai-led feudal society to a modern military-industrial empire in the space of a few decades--and the many wars it fought along the way. These culminated in an attempt by Japan's military leaders to create an Asia-Pacific empire which at its greatest extent rivaled the British Empire in scope and power. The battle for supremacy in the Pacific brought the Japanese...

3) A brief history of Japan: samurai, sh�ogun and zen : the extraordinary story of the land of the rising sun

Author

Clements, Jonathan

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

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"This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion."--Amazon.com.