Bestsellers
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 41 h y 9 m
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....
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A political as well as military history
- De Mike From Mesa en 07-30-15
De: John Toland
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Shogun
- The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler
- De: A.L. Sadler, Stephen Turnbull - foreword, Alexander Bennett - foreword
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 17 h y 56 m
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Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan....
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This is a boring reference book
- De Antone Ferreira en 05-25-24
De: A.L. Sadler, y otros
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- De: A. J. Baime
- Narrado por: Tony Messano
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- De Jean en 11-14-17
De: A. J. Baime
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- De: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness....
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Riveting True Story You Didn't Hear On The News
- De Kathy in CA en 07-05-18
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- De: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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You may knock US down, but you can't knock US out
- De Matthew en 12-04-13
De: Craig L. Symonds
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Judgment at Tokyo
- World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
- De: Gary J. Bass
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 31 h y 23 m
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In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction....
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Biased revisionist history
- De Amazon Customer en 12-31-23
De: Gary J. Bass
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 41 h y 9 m
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....
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A political as well as military history
- De Mike From Mesa en 07-30-15
De: John Toland
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Shogun
- The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler
- De: A.L. Sadler, Stephen Turnbull - foreword, Alexander Bennett - foreword
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 17 h y 56 m
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Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan....
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This is a boring reference book
- De Antone Ferreira en 05-25-24
De: A.L. Sadler, y otros
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- De: A. J. Baime
- Narrado por: Tony Messano
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- De Jean en 11-14-17
De: A. J. Baime
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- De: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness....
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Riveting True Story You Didn't Hear On The News
- De Kathy in CA en 07-05-18
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- De: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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You may knock US down, but you can't knock US out
- De Matthew en 12-04-13
De: Craig L. Symonds
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Judgment at Tokyo
- World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
- De: Gary J. Bass
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 31 h y 23 m
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In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction....
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Biased revisionist history
- De Amazon Customer en 12-31-23
De: Gary J. Bass
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Okinawa
- A Decorated Marine’s Account of the Last Battle of World War II
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: Preston Geer
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II....
De: Robert Leckie
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Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- De: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat....
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Skimming the surface
- De Mike From Mesa en 10-25-16
De: Bill O'Reilly, y otros
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Tin Can Titans
- The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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Through diaries, personal interviews, and letters, preeminent historian John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the WWII Pacific theater's victorious Destroyer Squadron 21 and its men....
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Captivating
- De Jean en 09-23-17
De: John Wukovits
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People Who Eat Darkness
- The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
- De: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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Lucie Blackman - tall, blond, 21 years old - stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000 and disappeared....
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This is the audiobook against I rate all others.
- De El_Ron en 03-08-13
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African Samurai
- The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
- De: Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society....
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Not worth finishing
- De William Shehan en 06-12-19
De: Thomas Lockley, y otros
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Hiroshima
- De: John Hersey
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 5 h y 23 m
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic....
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Must read book
- De Kindle Customer en 08-06-20
De: John Hersey
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The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works
- Definitive New Translations of the Writings of Miyamoto Musashi - Japan's Greatest Samurai
- De: Miyamoto Musashi, Alexander Bennett - translator, Graham Sayer - foreword
- Narrado por: Richard Trapp
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584–1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of "no-mind" that enables warriors to triumph and the philosophical meaning of Bushido....
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Like the translation but I feel it don’t do it justice
- De Anonymous User en 03-29-23
De: Miyamoto Musashi, y otros
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The Cactus Air Force
- Air War Over Guadalcanal
- De: Eric Hammel, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Adam Henderson
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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In The Cactus Air Force, Pacific War expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver worked closely with Eric to build on his collection of diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts to create a vivid narrative of the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal....
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Excellent Book!
- De Eric Peterson en 09-16-22
De: Eric Hammel, y otros
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Embracing Defeat
- De: John W. Dower
- Narrado por: Edward Lewis
- Duración: 21 h y 38 m
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This illuminating study explores the ways in which the defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society....
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Pulitzer Prize Winner!
- De KF en 10-09-07
De: John W. Dower
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Retribution
- The Battle for Japan, 1944 - 45
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 27 h y 41 m
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In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle for Germany. Here, in what can be considered a companion volume, he covers the horrific story of the war against Japan....
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A superb study by one of the world's finest histor
- De Easton Reader en 12-22-16
De: Max Hastings
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The Fall of Japan
- De: William Craig
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded as "virtually faultless"....
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Superbly written history
- De Saman en 01-22-16
De: William Craig
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Road to Surrender
- Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender....
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Why they decided to drop the atomic bombs
- De William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). en 08-08-23
De: Evan Thomas
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Japanese Destroyer Captain
- Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
- De: Captain Tameichi Hara
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
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This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its military insights....
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Rousing tale of fear overcome
- De Jean en 11-28-14
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world....
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Just as you breathe, you dream your story
- De Darwin8u en 08-26-15
De: Haruki Murakami
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Target Tokyo
- Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: James M. Scott
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
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The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid....
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Vengence is Mine, Thus Sayeth Doolittle
- De Jonathan Love en 06-13-16
De: James M. Scott
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Pearl Harbor
- From Infamy to Greatness
- De: Craig Nelson
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 18 h y 55 m
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The America we live in today was born on December 7, 1941, when almost 400 Japanese planes attacked the US Pacific fleet, killing 2,400 men and sinking or damaging 16 ships....
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Poorly researched, author loses credibility.
- De booger en 12-23-18
De: Craig Nelson
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No Surrender
- My Thirty-Year War
- De: Hiroo Onoda
- Narrado por: Lane Nishikawa
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
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In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal....
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An incredible story!
- De Erik en 04-13-14
De: Hiroo Onoda
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Ametora
- How Japan Saved American Style
- De: W. David Marx
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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In Ametora, cultural historian W. David Marx traces the Japanese assimilation of American fashion over the past 150 years....
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You must read for anyone interested in Japanese and American style
- De Spencer Jackson en 01-23-22
De: W. David Marx
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Silence and Beauty
- Hidden Faith Born of Suffering
- De: Makoto Fujimura, Philip Yancey - foreword
- Narrado por: Ova Saopeng
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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In this world of pain and suffering, God often seems silent. But light is yet present in darkness, and silence speaks with hidden beauty and truth....
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A unique book of history and reflections
- De M. Burlingame en 02-26-18
De: Makoto Fujimura, y otros
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Tokyo Junkie
- 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys... and Baseball
- De: Robert Whiting
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world....
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Please hire narrators who can pronounce Japanese correctly!!!
- De angelheart en 08-22-21
De: Robert Whiting
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The Last Manchu
- The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
- De: Paul Kramer, Henry Pu Yi
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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In 1908, at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty....
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A Marvelous and Ultimately Sad Memoir
- De Sparkly en 08-08-13
De: Paul Kramer, y otros
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The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai
- Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
- De: Antony Cummins, Yoshie Minami
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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In 1676, a ninja named Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga—regarded to be the homeland of the ninja—and compiled it into an authoritative book....
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Fascinating historical espionage piece
- De Amazon Customer en 12-05-23
De: Antony Cummins, y otros
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- De: Matt Alt
- Narrado por: Matt Alt
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured - and transformed - the world’s imagination....
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great book ruined by ending
- De Grant Holder en 06-07-22
De: Matt Alt
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A World Destroyed
- Hiroshima and Its Legacies
- De: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrado por: Patrick Cullen
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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This is the classic history of Hiroshima and the origins of the arms race....
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Good Book, very detailed
- De Hector V. Bello en 02-26-20