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These are the stories of four young European boys in the Philippines during World War II. The authors were between the ages of nine and twelve and spent the war years in Manila, but were not interned. Sixty years later, they look back and recall their experiences of life during the Japanese occupation and the epic battle for the liberation of Manila. Edited by Juergen Goldhagen; contributions from Hans Hoeflein, Juergen R Goldhagen, Roderick Hall and Hans Walser.
During the early months of World War II, Winston Churchill maneuvered to get the U.S. involved in the war to save his country from German invasion. Roosevelt, scheming to lure Hitler into a casus belli, ensnared Japan instead, resulting in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War that followed. When the doomed U.S. garrison in the Philippines soon capitulated to the Japanese, the atrocities inflicted on the Filipino and American units that surrendered were portents for the inhabitants of Manila. The history chronicles the 1945 recapture of Manila largely from the perspective of the civilian population, which suffered horrific brutality from the Japanese, followed by destruction and heavy loss of life during the American assault. Individual stories are included of citizens caught in the crossfire between the tenacious Japanese defenders and American troops determined to seize the capital city while minimizing their own casualties, regardless of the cost in civilian lives. More than 175 photographs document the events described.
Latena shares her revelations in a series of articles on how to live a godly life in a troubled world.
Angeles Monrayo (1912–2000) began her diary on January 10, 1924, a few months before she and her father and older brother moved from a sugar plantation in Waipahu to Pablo Manlapit’s strike camp in Honolulu. Here for the first time is a young Filipino girl’s view of life in Hawaii and central California in the first decades of the twentieth century—a significant and often turbulent period for immigrant and migrant labor in both settings. Angeles’ vivid, simple language takes us into the heart of an early Filipino family as its members come to terms with poverty and racism and struggle to build new lives in a new world. But even as Angeles recounts the hardships of immigrant life, her diary of "everyday things" never lets us forget that she and the people around her went to school and church, enjoyed music and dancing, told jokes, went to the movies, and fell in love. Essays by Jonathan Okamura and Dawn Mabalon enlarge on Angeles’ account of early working-class Filipinos and situate her experience in the larger history of Filipino migration to the United States.
In Chapters: Confessions of a Military/CIA Retiree travelers will find easy reading of these 18 complete but separate true accounts, five chapters of which occurred during military service, and 13 of which happened during a career with the CIA. Episodes involving kidnappings, murder, smuggling, political coups . . . even a mutiny . . . taking place in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. A knife fight, a plane crash, a night hunt for wolves, the death of some ivory poachers, a Somali jail, chased by lions, stalked by a serial killer, involved in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, and many other incidents, allow the reader to enjoy a 30 to 45 minute "read" of events that took place in over 50 countries. (Read one on the plane; another at the hotel)
The remarkable autobiography of one of the founders of modern feminism.
Manila, and the Philippine islands beyond it, has a rich history, filled with Spanish galleons, Japanese invaders, killer volcanoes, and a host of colorful characters and incidents that make the city a must-visit destination in Asia. The influence of the Catholic Church and of Islam, the Spanish and American occupations, the Philippine independence movement, Imelda's shoes and General MacArthur's vow to return ... the list of amazing facts and treasures goes on and on. In the classic Tales format, this book tells the story of one of the world's great cities through words and images of the times.
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Decolonizing Trauma Studies: Trauma and Postcolonialism" that was published in Humanities
Since antiquity, European Jewish diaspora communities have used formal appeals to secular and religious authorities to secure favors or protection. Such petitioning took on particular significance in modern dictatorships, often as the only tool left for voicing political opposition. During the Holocaust, tens of thousands of European Jews turned to individual and collective petitions in the face of state-sponsored violence. This volume offers the first extensive analysis of petitions authored by Jews in nations ruled by the Nazis and their allies. It demonstrates their underappreciated value as a historical source and reveals the many attempts of European Jews to resist intensifying persecution and actively struggle for survival.