Download or read book Above the East China Sea written by Sarah Bird and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year Okinawa, present day: Luz, a teenage military brat, has moved to the island’s U.S. Air Force base with her mother, a no-nonsense sergeant. Luz’s mother hopes that the move will reconnect them with the Okinawan branch of their family—and help them heal from the death of Luz’s beloved older sister. This is an island where departed spirits mingle with the living, and interwoven with Luz’s narrative is the story of an Okinawan girl, Tamiko Kokuba, who in 1945 was plucked from her high school and trained to work in the Imperial Army’s horrific cave hospitals. Both of these extraordinary young women are seeking peace, and as Luz digs deeper and deeper into her past, their quests will intersect. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two lives connected across time by the shared experience of loss, the strength of an ancient culture, and the power of family love.
Download or read book Oceanography of the East Sea Japan Sea written by Kyung-Il Chang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the research in various fields of oceanography on the responses of the East Japan Sea to climate change. The uniqueness of the East Japan Sea comes from the rapid and amplified response to climate change, which includes long-terms trends of physical and chemical parameters at a rate that almost doubles or even higher the global rate. This book aims to provide in an organized way the results from the previously published knowledge but also to introduce an updated view of the research recently carried out. The book is divided into several parts that comprise the physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of the region and fisheries. This book is made for researchers and students working on climate variability as well as for the oceanography community working on world’s marginal seas. The research presented in this work will also benefit to researchers from other fields such as social scientists and environmentalists, and also policy makers.
Download or read book The History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan written by Jeongbo Shim and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times. The book also contains suggestions for some tangible solutions for the issue. This book is a useful resource for students and scholars in the fields of political geography, historical geography, cartography, diplomatic history, international relations, politics, and other related disciplines. It also appeals to international experts in hydrographic organizations and the United Nations, and geography and history teachers. The book is also interesting for the general readers interested in the topic of geographical naming disputes.
Download or read book East China Sea 1945 written by Brian Lane Herder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze. During the Pacific War, the island invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were the last two major ground campaigns. By the time these took place in early 1945, the US Navy had reached an exceptional level of coordination in its amphibious operations, and was able to overrun and subdue Japanese territories efficiently. Faced with the increasing might of these forces and to prevent further defeat, Imperial Japan deployed its kamikaze aircraft and attacked many US heavy aircraft carriers and destroyers; several were sunk, while others were knocked out of the war. This superbly illustrated book explores the air–sea aspects of the pivotal battles that took place, and includes the “death ride” of the Japanese battleship Yamato (the largest ever built), and the mass kamikaze attacks off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as the Iwo Jima and Okinawa amphibious invasions and the naval and air bombardments of the two islands. It also considers the contribution of the USAAF and the British Pacific Fleet to the eventual victory of US air and ground forces.
Download or read book Sunrise Over the East Sea written by Hŭi-jin Pak and published by Homa & Sekey Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pearls of the East Sea written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-08-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Pearls of the East Sea* is a captivating Korean historical romance novel that weaves a tale of love, intrigue, and royal reclamation. Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous Korean kingdom, the story follows a shipwrecked prince who, along with a fearless pearl diver, embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim his stolen throne. As they navigate the treacherous waters of political intrigue and mystical forces, their bond is tested by the complexities of leadership, love, and betrayal. This enthralling narrative combines the beauty of Korean culture with the excitement of a historical adventure, promising readers an unforgettable experience of romance and royalty. Korean historical romance, Pearls of the East Sea, shipwrecked prince, pearl diver love story, Korean royalty novel, historical adventure, mystical forces in Korea, love and leadership, political intrigue Korea, romance novel Korea
Download or read book Sailing Direction for the Coasts of the Baltic Or East Sea Comprehending the Entire Navigation from the Sound to the Gulf of Finland Fifth Edition written by BALTIC SEA. and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Sailing Directory for the Baltic on East Sea Sixth edition materially improved by A G Findlay written by John Purdy and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piloting Directions for the Cattegat and Baltic Or East Sea Also for the Sound and Belts written by John William Norie and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the Principal Ports in the Baltic Or East Sea Compiled from the Latest Surveys written by BALTIC SEA. and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piloting Directions for the Cattegat and Baltic or East Sea also for the Sound and Belts chiefly compiled from the surveys made by L venorn Lous Klint and others Fifth edition written by John William Norie and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piloting Directions for the Cattegat and Baltic Or East Sea Also for the Sound and Belts Chiefly Compiled from the Danish Swedish and Russian Surveys Made by L venorn Lous Klint and Others 3rd Ed written by John William Norie and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea Rovers Silver and Samurai written by Tonio Andrade and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth century (1550 to 1700), the velocity and scale of commerce increased dramatically. Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese smugglers and pirates forged autonomous networks and maritime polities; they competed and cooperated with one another and with powerful political and economic units, such as the Manchu Qing, Tokugawa Japan, the Portuguese and Spanish crowns, and the Dutch East India Company. Maritime East Asia was a contested and contradictory place, subject to multiple legal, political, and religious jurisdictions, and a dizzying diversity of cultures and ethnicities, with dozens of major languages and countless dialects. Informal networks based on kinship ties or patron-client relations coexisted uneasily with formal governmental structures and bureaucratized merchant organizations. Subsistence-based trade and plunder by destitute fishermen complemented the grand dreams of sea-lords, profit-maximizing entrepreneurs, and imperial contenders. Despite their shifting identities, East Asia’s mariners sought to anchor their activities to stable legitimacies and diplomatic traditions found outside the system, but outsiders, even those armed with the latest military technology, could never fully impose their values or plans on these often mercurial agents. With its multilateral perspective of a world in flux, this volume offers fresh, wide-ranging narratives of the “rise of the West” or “the Great Divergence.” European mariners, who have often been considered catalysts of globalization, were certainly not the most important actors in East and Southeast Asia. China’s maritime traders carried more in volume and value than any other nation, and the China Seas were key to forging the connections of early globalization—as significant as the Atlantic World and the Indian Ocean basin. Today, as a resurgent China begins to assert its status as a maritime power, it is important to understand the deep history of maritime East Asia.
Download or read book Oceanic Histories written by David Armitage and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshly presents world history through its oceans and seas in uniquely wide-ranging, original chapters by leading experts in their fields.
Download or read book China Japan and Senkaku Islands written by Monika Chansoria and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the genesis of the Senkaku Islands in the memoirs of history, and its potential future, in the backdrop of the East China Sea’s brewing dispute, this book chronicles the journey of Sino-Japanese relations in the explicit context of the Senkaku Islands. The evolving power transition dynamics in East Asia render Washington the lynchpin of Tokyo’s diplomatic and security strategy, and vice versa. Conversely, China is abrasively displaying an almost predictable geo-strategic pattern and strategy of enforcing territorial claims across Asia, keeping it just below the threshold of provoking conflict, whilst testing the tenacity of existential status quoist norms. Consequentially, the need to steer Asia towards a regional order that maintains stability in the power equilibrium, thereby challenging a visibly coercive Sino-centric vision of the future Asia, especially within the Indo-Pacific, has become far more manifest than ever before. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Download or read book Law of the Sea in East Asia written by Keyuan Zou and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that examines sea law issues in the East Asian region. Keyuan focuses on compliance with the law of the sea, territorial disputes and maritime boundary delimitation, resource use and environmental protection.
Download or read book The Origins of U S Policy in the East China Sea Islands Dispute written by Robert D. Eldridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ownership of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is disputed between China and Japan, though historically the islands have been part of Okinawa, the southernmost islands of the Japanese archipelago. The dispute, which also involves Taiwan, has the potential to be a flashpoint between the two countries if relations become more strained, especially as the exploitation of gas reserves in the adjoining seabed is becoming an increasingly important issue. A key aspect of the dispute is the attitude of the United States, which, surprisingly, has so far refrained from committing itself to supporting the claims of one side or the other, despite its long-standing, strong alliance with Japan. This book charts the development of the Senkaku Islands dispute, and focuses in particular on the negotiations between the United States and Japan prior to the handing back to Japan in 1972 of Okinawa. The book shows how the detailed progress of these negotiations was critical in defining the United States' neutral attitude to the dispute and the problems this position presents.
