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Triumph at Kapyong
April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their lives to begin. Soon, …
En verden i flammer
Den 9. august 1945 slapp den amerikanske flygeren Charles W. Sweeney en atombombe over den japanske byen Nagasaki. 43 sekunder senere eksploderte den dødelige lasten i luften over …
Humour in Asian Cultures
This innovative book traces the impact of tradition on modern humour across several Asian countries and their cultures. Using examples from Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Chinese …
Combat Ready?
In the decades since the “forgotten war' in Korea, conventional wisdom has held that the Eighth Army consisted largely of poorly trained, undisciplined troops who fled in terror …
Mask That Laughs at Empire
THE MASK THAT LAUGHS AT EMPIREAncient Korean Wisdom for Modern ResistanceWhen a Japanese governor demanded that even the gods bow to the Emperor, one carved wooden mask refused. …
The Far East and Australasia 2022
This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and …
Gen Otto P. Weyland USAF: Close Air Support In The Korean War
This study analyzes Gen O. P. Weyland's impact on close air support (CAS) during the Korean War. First, the author briefly traces the history and evolution of air-ground support …
Masks That Cannot Die
Seoul, 1946. Liberation has come, but the wounds remain. In the ruins of a teahouse near Jongno, a troupe of talchum performers gathers around a sacred mask cracked during a …
Transnational Sport
Based on ethnographic research in Seoul and Los Angeles, Transnational Sport tells how sports shape experiences of global Koreanness, and how those experiences are affected by …
Education and Training for Development in East Asia
The East Asian miracle, or its supposed demise, is always news. The Four Tiger economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have experienced some of the fastest rates …
Dao Companion to Korean Confucian Philosophy
This volume is the first comprehensive and in-depth discussion written in English of the Confucian tradition in the context of the intellectual history of Korea. It deals with the …
Canada and the Korean War
Korea was the first hot war of the Cold War. It was also Canada's most significant military engagement of the twentieth century following the two world wars. Canada and the Korean …