 | The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War (Origins of Modern Wars) by Ian Hill Nish
Buy used from: $6.93 The turn of the centuries found Japan in the melee with the other major players. Banner century for Japan.
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 | FLEET THAT HAD TO DIE: New Edition by Richard Hough
Buy used from: $3.92 Russians in the Sea of Japan. Quite an upset in favor of Nippon.
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 | The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima by Constantine Pleshakov
Buy new: $16.66 / Used from: $5.00 The Russian memories of this and a minor tank battle in Manchuria in the late '30s probably caused the USSR to stay out of this war until the end.
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 | The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka
Buy used from: $109.18 Early math and aftermath of the Russo/Japanese War
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 | The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41;: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor by Frank Dorn
Buy used from: $89.90 The long march toward WWII
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 | China's Trial by Fire: The Shanghai War of 1932 by Donald Allan Jordan
Buy new: $59.13 / Used from: $39.34 Things were quiet enough elsewhere to cause Japan to get a lot of lousy PR on this one.
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 | Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945 by Parks M. Coble
Buy new: $65.00 / Used from: $32.78 People making the exact right decisions for the moment and the wrong ones for their futures.
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 | Day of Infamy, 60th Anniversary: The Classic Account of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Walter Lord
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.02 Another seemingly genius decision that proved to be the wrong one. But we'd cut their oil supply at Singapore in August and figured they'd hit the Philipines.
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 | The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War) by John Toland
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $6.00 All over but the shouting.
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 | Death March: The Survivors of Bataan by Donald Knox
Buy used from: $17.49 Probably better to treat prisoners humanely unless you are absolutely certain of success.
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 | The Battle for Guadalcanal by Samuel B. Griffith
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $3.20 The first major step in the 'Island War'.
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 | World War II Wrecks of the Truk Lagoon by Dan E. Balley
Buy new: $64.99 / Used from: $55.53 Lots of metal on that sea-floor.
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| First South Pacific Campaign by John B. Lundstrom
Buy used from: $49.99 Organized opposition begins to emerge.
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 | Tarawa 1943 (Trade Editions) by Derrick Wright
Buy used from: $4.95 Slow progress bleeding Japans best men and diminishing resources.
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 | Nightmare on Iwo by Patrick F. Caruso
Buy new: $20.48 / Used from: $0.99 Maybe the bloodiest of the landings for both sides (minus the aftermath suicides)
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 | Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story by Mitsuo Fuchida
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.00 The inevitable tide turns in the Pacific War
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 | The Kamikazes: Suicide Squadrons of World War II by Edwin P. Hoyt
Buy used from: $1.88 Desparation robbing the gene pool of modern Japan
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 | Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Peter Nelson
Buy used from: $0.70 Too late to make a difference in the war but early enough to change a lot of lives. Sub commander and a lucky shot.
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 | The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan in the Modern World) by Kyoko Selden
Buy new: $26.05 / Used from: $3.00 The price extracted for misjudgements
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| The Tokyo Major War Crimes Trial: The Records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East: With an Authoritative Commentary and Comprehensive Guide
Buy new: $119.95 Lessons every country could learn from.
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 | Mitsubishi- Galant/Mirage/Diamante 1990-00 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual) by The Nichols/Chilton Editors
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.42 The long-term cost of defeat for Japan.
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 | Nissan Frontier Pickup '98'01, Pathfinder '96'01 & Xterra '0 (Haynes Manuals) by Chilton
Buy used from: $6.93 The long-term cost of victory for the US.
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 | Toyota Camry 1997 thru 2001 Haynes: All Camary Models Includes Avalon, Solara & Lexus ES 300 by Robert Maddox
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $12.50 The self-destructive wisdom and compassion of the victors.
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 | Japan and Malaysian Development: In the Shadow of the Rising Sun by K. S. Jomo
Buy new: $240.00 / Used from: $37.62 Click the "More about" or "Amazon Friends" buttons to view my 20th Century chronologies of other nations.
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