Japan China War

Adventures of a lifetime… Great courage is needed in the face of danger and during the heat of battle. Not all of these characters willingly chose to go down heroic paths, but stepped up when needed. All will fight for what they believe in until the end, no matter the cost. This anthology focuses on East Asian warriors. Featuring stories by Charles Kyffhausen, Danielle Davis, Barend Nieuwstraten III, David W. Landrum, and Glenn Bresciani.

The Sino-Japanese Wars: The History and Legacy of the Early 20th Century Conflicts That Made Japan the Dominant Power in Asia examines what brought about the wars, the most notorious events, and the important aftermath.

If China uses enough firepower to overwhelm Taiwan’s defenses, will what is left be worth having? China’s leader has now decided the answer is - yes. But Taiwan will only be the beginning. Once its absorption is complete, China has other ambitions. Like the return of about one million square kilometers seized from China by Russia in the 1860s.

The topic of biological warfare (B.W.) in the Pacific theater of World War II has been relatively untouched and unexplored by the mainstream media and the public. In 1932, Ishii Shiro, a Japanese microbiologist and surgeon general, initiated an expansive B.W. research and development program. It grew in the years leading up to and throughout World War II to encompass numerous facilities in Asia. Although the 1925 Geneva Protocol outlawed the use of B.W., Japanese scientists were interested in developing bioweapons as highly destructive, inexpensive weapons. The program included conducting ...

Prince Saionji Kinmochi was the last genro of Japan who played a leading role in Japanese politics during the Meiji Restoration. Having served as prime minister of Japan twice, his insights into the matter of Manchuria were crucial in understanding the invasion of China during World War 2. The introduction contextualizes Japan's relationship with Manchuria and China along with the politicized military to set the socio-political backdrop for the memoir. In addition, the genro's cultural and political significance is described to demonstrate Saionji's own cultural status. A detailed ...

Born in 1933 in a small rural village in Korea’s North Cholla Province, Ko Un grew up in a Japanese-controlled land that was soon to experience the horrors of the Korean War. He became a Buddhist monk in 1952, and began writing in the late 1950s. Ten Thousand Lives is his major, ongoing work, which began in prison with a determination to describe every person he had ever met or heard of. It tells the stories of many figures from Korean history, as well as children and poor people, who, without his poems, would have vanished into oblivion. Green Integer previously published selections from...