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Gold Warriors America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold Tapa blanda - 2005

de Seagrave, Sterling.; Peggy Seagrave

Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, "Gold Warriors" exposes one of the great state secrets of the 20th century--a cache of Japanese gold found in the Philippines during World War II.

Información de la editorial

Peggy Seagrave was the senior researcher and picture editor at Time-Life Books. Along with Sterling Seagrave, she is a co-author of the bestselling Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty.

Sterling Seagrave was a reporter for the Washington Post before becoming a freelance investigative journalist contributing to Time, Life, Atlantic Monthly, and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He is the author of The Soong Dynasty as well as other books, and with Peggy Seagrave he co-authored the bestselling Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty.

Primera línea

During the night of October 7, 1895, thirty Japanese assassins forced their way into Korea's royal palace in Seoul.

Detalles

Título Gold Warriors America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold
Autor Seagrave, Sterling.; Peggy Seagrave
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Edición Revised
Páginas 365
Idioma EN
Editorial Verso, U.S.A
Fecha de publicación December 26, 2005
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781844675319
Temas
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian

Reseñas en medios

“The reader will walk away from this book astounded and outraged at the immensity of the fraudulent activities that the world’s governments, banks, and spies are engaged in. Gold Warriors is chilling in its accumulation.”—Counterpunch

“Easily the best guide available to the scandal of Yamashita’s gold.”—London Review of Books

“One is swept up in the high intensity story the Seagraves tell.”—Publishers Weekly

“The Seagraves have uncovered one of the biggest secrets of the twentieth century.”—Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

Acerca del autor

Peggy Seagrave was the senior researcher and picture editor at Time-Life Books. Along with Sterling Seagrave, she is a co-author of the bestselling Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty.

Sterling Seagrave was a reporter for the Washington Post before becoming a freelance investigative journalist contributing to Time, Life, Atlantic Monthly, and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He is the author of The Soong Dynasty as well as other books, and with Peggy Seagrave he co-authored the bestselling Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty.

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