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1) Shōgun
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Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell's masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love.
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He was a US Army general who was also the only ever Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, and this symbolizes MacArthur's visionary belief that Asia would dominate the future of the world. How did he turn initial disasters in the Pacific War against Japan to a famous comeback that would make him a national hero? How did his occupation of Japan help transform the ancient nation into a modern peaceful rich society? Why did he spare Emperor Hirohito...
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¿Cómo convirtió los desastres iniciales de la Guerra del Pacífico contra Japón en un famoso regreso que lo convertiría en un héroe nacional? ¿Cómo ayudó su ocupación de Japón a transformar la antigua nación en una sociedad moderna, pacífica y rica? ¿Por qué evitó que el emperador Hirohito fuera juzgado por crímenes de guerra?¿Y cómo llegó esta querida figura pública a ser despedida por el Presidente Truman en el momento más...