Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The real Tenko The real Tenko Mark Felton "This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volum… OL16617281W
Hiroshima, Nagasaki Hiroshima, Nagasaki Paul Ham In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombin… OL19663002W
Sachiko Sachiko Caren Stelson This striking piece of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six year old Sachiko Yasui's miraculous survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 and the heartbreaking and lifelong a… OL20036919W
World War II Day by Day World War II Day by Day Antony Shaw 192 pages : 29 cm OL20499161W
Flyboys Flyboys James Bradley This acclaimed bestseller brilliantly illuminates a hidden piece of World War II history as it tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down in the Pacific. One of them, George H. … OL211765W
Hirohito Hirohito Paul Manning A reinterpretation of the history of the 20th century Japanese expansionism and Emperor Hirohito's role. He reveals the special relationship that was forged between the Emperor and General MacArthur … OL4782370W
Some survived Some survived Manny Lawton Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American … OL5365265W