Yukikaze

Author: Ch hei Kambayashi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421539861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
More than thirty years ago, a hyper-dimensional passageway suddenly appeared over the continent of Antarctica, the first stage of an attempted terrestrial invasion by an enigmatic alien host. Humanity, united by a common enemy, managed to push the invaders back through the passageway to the strange planet nicknamed "Faery." A special air-combat force was then created to go there and eliminate the alien bases once and for all. Now, in the midst of a war with no end in sight, Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai carries out his missions in the perilous skies over Faery. Attached to the 5th Squadron of the FAF's Special Air Force, an elite tactical combat and surveillance unit, his duty is to gather information on the enemy and bring it back--no matter the cost. His only constant companion in this lonely task is his fighter plane, the sentient FFR-31 Super Sylph: YUKIKAZE. -- VIZ Media

Yukikaze's War

Author: Brett L. Walker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108945023
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331

Book Description
When World War II ended, Yukikaze was the only elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer still afloat. Tracing her journey through the treacherous ocean battlefields of the Pacific War, this unique story is told through the eyes of the crew, who saw deep-running currents of Japanese history unfold before their eyes.

Good Luck, Yukikaze

Author: Ch hei Kambayashi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421542358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 425

Book Description
The alien JAM have been at war with humanity for over thirty years...or have they? Rei Fukai of the FAF's Special Air Force and his intelligent plane Yukikaze have seen endless battles, but after declaring "Humans are unnecessary now," and forcibly ejecting Fukai, Yukikaze is on her own. Is the target of the JAM's hostility really Earth's machines? And have the artificial intelligences of Earth been acting in concert with the JAM to manipulate Yukikaze? As Rei tries to ascertain the truth behind the intentions of both sides, he realizes that his own humanity may be at risk, and that the JAM are about to make themselves known to the world at large. -- VIZ Media

The Economist's View of the World

Author: Steven E. Rhoads
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521317641
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
This book explains and assesses the ways in which micro, welfare and benefit-cost economists view the world of public policy. In general terms, microeconomic concepts and models can be seen to appear regularly in the work of political scientists, sociologists and psychologists. As a consequence, these and related concepts and models have now had sufficient time to influence strongly and to extend the range of policy options available to government departments. The central focus of this book is the 'cross-over' from economic modelling to policy implementation, which remains obscure and uncertain. The author outlines the importance of a wider knowledge of microeconomics for improving the effects and orientation of public policy. He also provides a critique of some basic economic assumptions, notably the 'consumer sovereignty principle'. Within this context the reader is in a better position to understand the 'marvellous insights and troubling blindnesses' of economists where often what is controversial politically is not so controversial among economists.

Resistant Islands

Author: Gavan McCormack
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538115565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351

Book Description
Now in a thoroughly updated edition, Resistant Islands offers the first comprehensive overview of Okinawan history from earliest times to the present, focusing especially on the recent period of colonization by Japan, its disastrous fate during World War II, and its current status as a glorified US military base. The base is a hot-button issue in Japan and has become more widely known in the wake of Japan’s 2011 natural disasters and the US military role in emergency relief. Okinawa rejects the base-dominated role allocated it by the US and Japanese governments under which priority attaches to its military functions, as a kind of stationary aircraft carrier. The result has been to throw US-Japan relations into crisis, bringing down one prime minister who tried to stop construction of yet another base on the island and threatening the incumbent if he is unable to deliver Okinawan approval of the new base. Okinawa thus has become a template for reassessing the troubled US-Japan relationship—indeed, the geopolitics of the US empire of bases in the Pacific.

The World of Bob Dylan

Author: Sean Latham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499511
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 373

Book Description
This book features 27 integrated essays that offer access to the art, life, and legacy of one of the world's most influential artists.

Zero!

Author: Martin Caiden
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782898409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578

Book Description
“This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is the story of the men who created, led, and fought in the deadly Zero fighter plane. In their own words, Jiro Horikoshi (who designed the Zero), Masatake Okumiya (leader of many Zero squadrons), and Saburo Sakai (Japan's leading surviving fighter ace) as well as many other men, tell the inside story of developing the Zero and Japan's air force. They tell what it felt like to bomb American ships and to shoot down American airplanes - and then of their shock when the myth of invincibility was shattered by the new Lightning, Hellcat, and Corsair fighters. They tell of the fight against the growing strength of a remorseless American enemy; and how, in desperation the Japanese High Command ordered the creation of deadly suicide squadrons, the Kamikaze. And finally they reveal their reaction to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”-Print ed.

Amache

Author: Robert Harvey
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Based on extensive research as well as interviews with many survivors, Amache satisfies a long-standing need for a full-blown history of this disgraceful episode in our history."--Jacket.

Tank War

Author: Simon Dunstan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853686828
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : da
Pages : 61

Book Description
Billeder og beskrivelser af en række af de panserede køretøjer, der deltog i Koreakrigen.

Japan in the Second World War in Color

Author: David Batty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780233004723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied powers, this unique volume explores World War II from an often-overlooked perspective: that of the Japanese home and military fronts. Extraordinary color photographs, film stills, and prints capture a nation eager to expand, and provide a glimpse of Kamikaze pilots, the young Emperor Hirohito on a state visit to England, the attack on Pearl Harbor, propaganda posters from the occupation of China, troops praying for victory, and allied prisoners of war at work.