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Stepping Stones to Nowhere
The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United States on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role in American military strategy. This work examines the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu.
Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937
Prewar Shanghai: casinos, brothels, Green Gang racketeers, narcotics syndicates, gun-runners, underground Communist assassins, Comitern secret agents. Frederic Wakeman's masterful study of the most colorful and corrupt city in the world at the time provides a panoramic view of the confrontation and collaboration between the Nationalist secret police and the Shanghai underworld. In detailing the life and politics of China's largest urban center during the Guomindang era, Wakeman covers an array of topics: the puritanical social controls implemented by the police; the regional differences that surfaced among Shanghai's Chinese, the influence of imperialism and Western-trained officials. Parts ...
Out of the Blue
Falcon Agent Hank McKnight has been sent to capture the most brutal, notorious human trafficker in the world, only for the plane they’re on to crash, leaving Hank alive and his prisoner on the run. Hank must bring Samuel Gillespie to justice before the next human cargo delivery can be made in Germany. Lily Crawford is a nurse who goes down in the plane crash. She’s able to help the injured and make sure the Falcon Agent, who has a concussion, stays alive. Once they’re rescued, her only desire is to return to Dallas after two years working for a non-profit medical company in third world countries. Can Hank and Lily prevent thousands of innocent people from being sold into slavery or will they fail? As they are forced to work together, can the feelings they have for each other become make them more than comrades?
Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944
When the Americans invaded the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944, civilians and combatants committed mass suicide to avoid being captured. Though these mass suicides have been mentioned in documentary films, they have received scant scholarly attention. This book draws on United States National Archives documents and photographs, as well as veteran and survivor testimonies, to provide readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why. The author details the experiences of the people of the islands from prehistoric times to the present, with an emphasis on the Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Chamorro and Carolinian civilians during invasion and occupation.
