Show 63 - Supernova in the East II
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Notable books mentioned: The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-38, Nanking, 1937 memory and healing, The Rising Sun by John Toland, Pearl Harbor from infamy to greatness by Craig Nelson
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The host highlights the collaborative nature of the book, where various scholars provide diverse perspectives on the Nanking incident. This complex…
The host references the book 'Nanking, 1937 memory and healing' to highlight the severity of the atrocities committed during the Nanking massacre.…
The host references John Toland's book 'The Rising Sun' to highlight the complexities of the Japanese perspective during World War II. Toland's wor…
Show 63 - Supernova in the East II mentions The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-38, Nanking, 1937 memory and healing, The Rising Sun by John Toland, and Pearl Harbor from infamy to greatness by Craig Nelson with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
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“A great book with different scholars writing each chapter, complicating the picture of the Nanking incident. The Japanese editor noted that contributors faced threats for their writings.”
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“A Chinese historian gives the recognized Chinese view of the Nanking massacre, detailing the horrific events and the scale of killings and rapes that occurred.”
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“Historian John Toland in a book that was written way back in 1970, but still has some value inside it despite being outdated in other respects, including what we know about the emperor.”
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“In his very good book on Pearl Harbor called Pearl Harbor from infamy to greatness, author Craig Nelson quotes some of the wonderful pieces of dialogue that were extracted after the fact that look either prophetic or, you know, shows some sort of vulnerability that was exploited by the surprise attack.”
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“I like the way it's described in that dawn we slept. When you think about the unbelievable amount of tension, someone like, oh, I don't know, Admiral Nagumo with the strike force would have felt.”
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“In his book, Target, Pearl Harbor, author Michael Slackman describes the opening of this attack, and it's pretty clear that the torpedoes work.”
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