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Book Reviews
Book reviews written that support Pacific History Guide interests


Book Recommendation: "Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War Two" by John Dower
Greetings all, back today with another book recommendation. On this day April 28th in 1952, the Allied Occupation of Japan ended. It’s...
Tony Boccia
Apr 131 min read
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Book Recommendation: "War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914–1919"
Greetings, I have another book recommendation for you all. I firmly believe that any study of the Second World War, modern warfare,...
Tony Boccia
Mar 312 min read
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Book Review: Japan's Longest Day: A Graphic Novel About the End of WWII: Intrigue, Treason and Emperor Hirohito's Fateful Decision to Surrender - Manga edition created by Yukinobu Hoshino
I've recently finished this manga, one of the better I've read, that follows the events of the last days of the Second World War,...
Tony Boccia
Mar 142 min read
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