The Lone Samurai is a landmark biography of Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary Japanese figure known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of The Book of Five Rings. With a compassionate yet critical eye, William Scott Wilson delves into the workings of Musashi's mind as the iconoclastic samurai wrestled with philosophical and spiritual ideas that are as relevant…
In five books, "We Survived: Yugoslav Jews on the Holocaust" (three of them translated into English), the testimonies of a small number of surviving members of the Jewish community about World War II were collected. The peculiarity of the circumstances in which the entire population of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was found is reflected in the fact that at the beginning of the war, the country was…
"Sejak Hitler berkuasa, hingga nyaris berakhirnya Perang Dunia II, daratan Eropa menjadi ajang pembantaian terhadap Yahudi. Begitu banyak orang Yahudi yang menjadi pengungsi atas dideportasi dari wilayah-wilayah yang dikuasai Nazi Jerman. Mereka tak punya tempat tinggal. Setelah PD II usai, Amerika Serikat mengambil inisiatif pendirian negara Israel untuk menampung kaum Yahudi korban Perang. H…
This is an account of Japan's submarine war against Australia during 1942-44. It is a story of a campaign which was far more serious and extensive than anyone in Australia knew at the time. Nearly 40 war patrols were made to Australian waters: Sydney was attacked by midget submarines, Sydney and Newcastle were shelled, spy planes flew over Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, 17 ships were sunk off th…
Traditionally in international relations, power and authority were considered to rest with states. But recently, in the light of changes associated with globalisation, this has come under scrutiny both empirically and theoretically. This book analyses the continuing but changing role of states in the international arena, and their relationships with a wide range of non-state actors, which poss…
Buku ini berisi anatomi dan dakwaan atas industri Holocaust. Pada halaman-halaman selanjutnya, saya buktikan bahwa "Holocaust" semata merupakan representasi ideologis atas holocaust hasil sepak terjang Nazi. Lazimnya ideologi, "Holocaust" jauh dari kenyataan. Holocaust bukan kesewenang-wenangan, tapi lebih mengarah pada konstruksi internal yang saling terkait secara logis. Inti ajarannya menduk…
This book is documenting the trace of advocacy that Munir did since he established Impersial (Indonesian Human Right Monitor)up to yhr legal process after his death.The wnding road to justice concluded there is goverment involvement in Munir's murder.This book consists of several chapters.Chapter I explains the paradigmatic frame and the writing method.Chapter II explains the advocacy that Muni…
Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. But few outside his close friends and family have heard the story of his extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor, and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History…
Selain memuat bocoran-bocoran kontroversial, termasuk yang menyangkut Indonesia, buku ini juga menyingkap fakta-fakta kontroversial tentang Julian Assange dan Wikileaks, antara lain : - Apakah benar markas Wikileaks berada di dalam bungker yang tahan serangan nuklir? - Bagaimana cara kerja Wikileaks sehingga bisa mendapat begitu banyak dokumen rahasia negara ? - Siapa investor di balik or…
Boris Yeltsin's triumph in the first direct election ever held in Russia was a political resurrection unique in Soviet history — and his courageous stance during the coup attempt of August 1991 has catapulted him into the world spotlight. But who is this earthy yet enigmatic man, -- a democrat or a demagogue, a Westernizer or a Russian nationalist? In the first book to examine Yeltsin's ex…