Books by Peter Mauch
Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
by Peter Mauch
Tojo by Peter Mauch is a biography of Tojo Hideki, who rose through the ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army and went on to become prime minister of Japan during World War II. As you follow his career and rise to the top of Japanese politics, you not only get insight into his life, but also begin to understand the decisions and thinking behind Japan's invasion of China and the war in the Pacific against the United States. It's a perspective that's mostly neglected, as most of us in the West grew up reading (and watching movies) about it from the Allied point of view. Tojo was eventually hanged as a war criminal in 1948.
Interviews where books by Peter Mauch were recommended
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Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
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Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire
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A Cool Head in Hell: The Wartime Diaries of a British Doctor from Dunkirk to the Burma Railway
by Harry Silman & Jacqueline Passman -
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King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
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The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
by David Woodman -
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The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner
New History Books
New History Books
It’s a golden age for historical writing, as well-researched and sometimes quite specialist books by historians are written in an engaging style for a broad audience. History books out in recent months range from ancient Assyria to the CIA in the 21st century.
