Shaun O’Dwyer is a professor in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at Kyushu University, Japan. His research focuses on philosophy and the history of ideas.

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million lives—an average of twenty-seven thousand a day. For thirty-five years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the ...(展开全部)

The book focuses on the history of Zen Buddhism and Japanese militarism from the time of the Meiji Restoration through the Second World War and the post-War period. It describes the influence of state policy on Japanese Buddhism, and particularly the influence of Zen philosophy on the Japanese military. A famous quote is from Harada Daiun Sogaku: [If ordered to] march: tramp, t...(展开全部)

Nations at War provides an explanation of war in international politics grounded on data-based, empirical research. The book classifies and synthesizes the research findings of over 500 quantitative analyses of war at the analytic level of the state, dyad, region, and international system. Because wars follow from political decisions, two basic decision-making models - the rati...(展开全部)

本书辑录了台湾《传记文学》杂志所载的抗战亲历者回忆文章。这些亲历者既包括何应钦、张发奎、宋哲元等国军高级将领，也有参加过大小战斗的国军中下级军官。 自1931年“九一八事变”始，中华民族经历了长达十四年的浴血抗战。本书选取了九一八事变、七七事变、淞沪会战、台儿庄战役、对日受降五个重大历史事件，通过战争亲历者的回忆，用第一手资料为读者解密不为人知的战场细节，近景重现中华民族的悲壮史诗。

本书辑录了台湾《传记文学》杂志所载的抗战亲历者回忆文章。这些亲历者既包括何应钦、张发奎、宋哲元等国军高级将领，也有参加过大小战斗的国军中下级军官。 自1931年“九一八事变”始，中华民族经历了长达十四年的浴血抗战。本书选取了九一八事变、七七事变、淞沪会战、台儿庄战役、对日受降五个重大历史事件，通过战争亲历者的回忆，用第一手资料为读者解密不为人知的战场细节，近景重现中华民族的悲壮史诗。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower One of America’s preeminent military historians, James D. Hornfischer has written his most expansive and ambitious book to date. Drawing on new primary sources a...(展开全部)