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Asian History Books

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
China: A History
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
The Search For Modern China
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Hiroshima
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
674 books — 465 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeKoreans in Japan by Sonia RyangExodus to North Korea by Tessa Morris-SuzukiLives of Young Koreans in Japan by Yasunori FukuokaHidden Treasures by Jackie J. Kim
Zainichi Literature
22 books — 4 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
222 books — 56 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenEmbers of War by Fredrik LogevallHell in a Very Small Place by Bernard B. FallStreet Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall
Battlefield Vietnam - The Vietnam War (nonfiction)
109 books — 11 voters

Quotes Tagged “Asian History”

Ulaş Başar Gezgin
“ Asya' denince aklınıza ne geliyor? Çekik gözler? "Çan çin çon" sözü? Yoksulluk? Yoksa uyanan bir dev mi? Bu kitap, size Asya'da çok daha fazlasının olduğunu gösterecek.Avrupalılardan daha önce, Amerika'yı ilk keşfeden Türk kökenli Çinli amiral Zheng He ile 1421'de uzun bir deniz yolculuğuna çıkacak; oradan 2500 yıl önce Çinli bilge Sun Tzu tarafından yazılmış ilk strateji kitabının sayfalarında gezinecek, ama sonra bu bilgelik ve felsefe ülkesinin bugünkü toplumsal çöküşüne tanık olacağız. Don K ...more ”
― Ulaş Başar Gezgin, Asya Yazıları
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Videos Tagged “Asian History”

Book trailer Lord of Formosa
Book trailer Lord of Formosa
IMJIN WAR Ep. 2: Why Did Hideyoshi Want to Conquer China?
IMJIN WAR Ep. 2: Why Did Hideyoshi Want to Conquer China?
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Groups Tagged "Asian History"

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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