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A work on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism. It includes essays that seek to illuminate some of the significant processes and institutions during the period when the empire was at war.

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The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II -- dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings -- told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans

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This study examines the Japan Exchange and Teaching program as a form of public diplomacy and soft power. Through original survey data and extensive interviews with alumni, the author provides a quantitative analysis of the programs effects and argues that it has been highly useful in shaping interactions between Japan and the United States.

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This study examines the Japan Exchange and Teaching program as a form of public diplomacy and soft power. Through original survey data and extensive interviews with alumni, the author provides a quantitative analysis of the programs effects and argues that it has been highly useful in shaping interactions between Japan and the United States.

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Features female intellectuals and literary figures such as Hannah Arendt, Gertrud Kantorowicz, Rosa Luxemburg, and Margarete Susman. This book examines their writing and reflects upon the question of how German culture was constructed - with its inherent patterns of exclusion. It also reconstructs the changing notions of the 'Jewess'.

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Within a broad-based and comprehensive analysis, author David Schnall examines ten major issues facing the Jewish community today.

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In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy. Here, drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources, Patai rev

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Throws light on an important aspect of Jewish life in the Third Reich - the Jewish press - the 65 newspapers and magazines published by the 53 publishing houses with a specific German-Jewish readership in mind. These publications appeared until the end of 1938, and provide an insight into the situation of the German Jews under the Nazi regime.

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An expose of the virulent, long-standing anti-Semitism among the highest levels of the American military

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Covers the myriad factors of the Jews revolt against the Romans - from its origin to its lasting consequences - and re-evaluates historical accounts. This book looks at the causes, events and consequences of the conflict in Roman Palestine, whilst assessing the authority of Josephus' eyewitness accounts.

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Examines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights.

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Through a broad-ranging collection of documents, John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period. -- .

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Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization.

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This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic picture of the fanatical Muslim warrior, sword in one hand and Qur'n in the othe

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The African American struggle for advancement since the late 19th century has had an enormous impact on American society in general.

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