Almost forgot. It's Tuesday, that means Our Man's gotta come up with something smart to say about books 'n' such. Well, actually he is reading a book at the minute - American Shogun by Robert Harvey. It's pretty good, informative but not snottily written, though true to form, Our Man hasn't finished it yet, but he can relate that it is a comparative history/biography of Hirohito and MacArthur. Three or four things Our Man didn't know or had forgotten:
1. Hirohito was actually against Japan's rise of the military.
2. The founder of the Asahi newspaper attempted to overthrow the prime minister of the day (back when Japanese journalists had balls).
3. Nissan was formed as a conglomerate to advance Japanese commercial aims in occupied Manchuria.
4. Douglas MacArthur wore girls' clothes as a boy (as was the fashion).
Pic lifted from here.
4 comments:
Number 2 alone is enough to make me go check whether that one is in Kindle format or not....
And thanks for the mention!
Halfway through the book now, keeps getting better. Very readable summary of the defining years in the US-Japan relationship, with a knowing nod to similar issues in Iraq and Afghanistan of today. Was published 2006 so should be out on Kindle, would have thought.
我（何健）从来不玩“鸡”，“鸡”的传染病太强了！我只玩美女，尤其是东京美眉。礼尚往来嘛！呵呵！我与许多男人的最大差别是：我不会用金钱羞辱自己，更不会用金钱羞辱女生！
——摘自《何健语录》，欢迎转载，谢谢支持！
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