Practicing History, or, How Barbara Tuchman saved my bacon
Barbara Tuchman's book Practicing History taught me the system for organizing research on 4x6 index cards that I used to great effect while writing China's Wing...
Category: Book Reviews
My thoughts on books
Strongly recommended — Ian Toll’s Pacific Crucible
Now that I’ve survived the Christmas swivet and am buckling down to ramp up for China’s Wings’ publication (so much so that I’m probably...
The White Countess, my favorite Shanghai movie
The White Countess, a film that evokes the glitter and grime of 1930s Shanghai. The film wasn't universally well-reviewed, but I confess to loving it. At a num...
What bestselling author James Hornfischer has to say about China’s Wings…
James Hornfischer, bestselling author of Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, Ship of Ghosts, and Neptune’s Inferno recently gave this very generous review ...
Quite simply, they thought we’d crumble
Coming from a nation and culture that valued harmony so highly, and one whose “united hundred million” they considered Japan’s greatest asset, they weren’t equ...