Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan65 reviews Herbert P. Bix Harper Perennial, 2001 Hirohito's Life Revealed + Lèse majesté + An Enjoyable Bio on an Interesting Figure This book explicitly tells of Hirohito's life from a newborn Crown Prince to an Emperor on his deathbed. It shows how his upbringing had a serious impact on his decisions in the war and how he dealt with the consequences of those decisions after the war. As a child, he was given the best education ...             Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II63 reviews John W. Dower W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 How Do You Transform A War Torn Nation? + Important Work and Fascinating Read + As good a history as one could hope for EMBRACING DEFEAT is the historical saga of the United States occupation of war torn and defeated Japan following World War II. Japan had sent nearly 3 million men to battle the Allies throughout the Pacific but with the American usage of the atomic bomb, the Japanese quickly moved to surrender. ...             Gulag: A History74 reviews Anne Applebaum Anchor, 2004 The more I know about Russia, the happier I am to be American (if only by heart) + Encyclopedic in Scope; Doesn't Advocate Nazis=Communists; Needs Corrections + Could I have some coffee please? + An Unparalleled Look at Life and Death in Stalin's Death Camps! + The big and the small prison zone             The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11283 reviews Lawrence Wright Knopf, 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Insanity + The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda + The Looming Tower .......and The Wall. + A Monumental, but Flawed Work + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth             Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...141 reviews Steve Coll Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Fascinating and well-researched history + bordering on fraudulent + A Historical Tour de Force Though Osama Bin Laden became a household name after the 9-11 attacks, few people know the background of Afghanistan and the mujahideen fighters that birthed these radical groups. This book gives a well-researched, in-depth look into the interplay of the Cold War, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, ...             Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya23 reviews Caroline Elkins Owl Books, 2005 Best historical read + Two wrongs, don't make it right. + Forgotten History + No One With Half a Brain Ever Expected the British to Admit Anything They Did was Bad or Evil             A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide187 reviews Samantha Power Harper Perennial, 2003 Thorough Study of Genocide History + An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide? Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...             Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II63 reviews John W. Dower W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 How Do You Transform A War Torn Nation? + Important Work and Fascinating Read + As good a history as one could hope for EMBRACING DEFEAT is the historical saga of the United States occupation of war torn and defeated Japan following World War II. Japan had sent nearly 3 million men to battle the Allies throughout the Pacific but with the American usage of the atomic bomb, the Japanese quickly moved to surrender. ...             The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11283 reviews Lawrence Wright Knopf, 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Insanity + The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda + The Looming Tower .......and The Wall. + A Monumental, but Flawed Work + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth             Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan65 reviews Herbert P. Bix Harper Perennial, 2001 Hirohito's Life Revealed + Lèse majesté + An Enjoyable Bio on an Interesting Figure This book explicitly tells of Hirohito's life from a newborn Crown Prince to an Emperor on his deathbed. It shows how his upbringing had a serious impact on his decisions in the war and how he dealt with the consequences of those decisions after the war. As a child, he was given the best education ...             Gulag: A History74 reviews Anne Applebaum Anchor, 2004 The more I know about Russia, the happier I am to be American (if only by heart) + Encyclopedic in Scope; Doesn't Advocate Nazis=Communists; Needs Corrections + Could I have some coffee please? + An Unparalleled Look at Life and Death in Stalin's Death Camps! + The big and the small prison zone             Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...141 reviews Steve Coll Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Fascinating and well-researched history + bordering on fraudulent + A Historical Tour de Force Though Osama Bin Laden became a household name after the 9-11 attacks, few people know the background of Afghanistan and the mujahideen fighters that birthed these radical groups. This book gives a well-researched, in-depth look into the interplay of the Cold War, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, ...             A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide187 reviews Samantha Power Harper Perennial, 2003 Thorough Study of Genocide History + An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide? Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...             Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya23 reviews Caroline Elkins Owl Books, 2005 Best historical read + Two wrongs, don't make it right. + Forgotten History + No One With Half a Brain Ever Expected the British to Admit Anything They Did was Bad or Evil