Imperial Japan's Forever War, 1895-1945

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4. Serendipity

Thanks for the input on Louis. I probably shouldn't admit that I probably read at least ten of his books when I was young. Later, I gave my collection of dog eared paperbacks to my son, who loved them.

I recall reading Last of the Breed in 1987 out of curiosity a bit later in life because of the aircrew survival story in Russia. So I'm guessing this is his last book you mentioned Education of a Wandering Man. I will ask my son for his copy, I never read it.

I started reading Imperial Cruise. I also watched one of Bradley's lectures on the book. The Roosevelt episode with Baron Kentaro Kaneko, the Taft Katsura agreement, the Portsmouth Treaty, is all in The China Mirage too.

This is one of my favorite pictures from that era:


(JTBC News- 11.19.2019) Alice Roosevelt riding a stone horse statue at the Memorial for Empress Myeongsong, acting as if she were "riding a carousel at an amusement park." The Empress had been assassinated by the Japanese in 1895 because she opposed Japanese dominance of Korea. The picture is from the Cornell University Library collection and is displayed in a relatively recent news broadcast highlighting the lack of political sensitivity of contemporary US diplomats and military leaders.