Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi Author: Romulus Hillsborough Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi—the legendary corps of Samurai warriors tasked with keeping order in Kyoto during the final chaotic years of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600–1868). This book recounts the fascinating tales of political intrigue, murder, and mayhem surrounding the fearsome Shinsengumi, including: ● The infamous slaughter at Ikidaya Inn where, after learning of a plan to torch the city, a group of Shinsengumi viciously attacked and killed a group of anti-Tokugawa plotters ● The bloody assassination of Serizawa Kamo, the Shinsengumi leader, under highly suspicious circumstances ● The final tumultuous battles of the civil war in which the Shinsengumi fought and died in a series of doomed last stands

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Concise History of Japan Author: Brett L. Walker Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community Author: Richard J. Samuels Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: The prewar history of the Japanese intelligence community demonstrates how having power over much, but insight into little can have devastating consequences. Its postwar history has also been problematic for national security. In Special Duty Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century—combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment—have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight. Using examples of excessive hubris and debilitating bureaucratic competition before the Asia-Pacific War, the unavoidable dependence on US assets and popular sensitivity to security issues after World War II, and the tardy adoption of image-processing and cyber technologies, Samuels's bold book highlights the century-long history of Japan's struggles to develop a fully functioning and effective intelligence capability, and makes clear that Japanese leaders have begun to reinvent their nation's intelligence community.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Okinawa: The Last Battle Author: Russell A. Gugeler, John Stevens, Roy E. Appleman, James MacGregor Burns Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: On 1 April, 1945, the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific Theater began. The battle for the island of Okinawa would last for the next eighty-two days. Through the course of this dramatic battle over 20,000 Americans would lose their lives and over 75,000 Japanese were killed in one of the bloodiest clashes of World War Two. Okinawa: The Last Battle is a remarkably detailed account of this monumental event by four soldiers who witnessed the action first-hand. They take the listener to heart of the fight explaining the preparations for the invasion, under its codename Operation Iceberg, through to the major conflicts at the beachhead, Ie Shima, breaking through the defenses surrounding Shuri and overcoming the last-ditch counter-offenses of the Japanese. This book is a must-listen for anyone interested the Pacific Theater and how the United States Marines and Army were able to overcome the Japanese in the last few months of the war. Corporal Eugene B. Sledge said of the battle: 'The Japanese fought to win—it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business.' Okinawa: The Last Battle was written by U. S. Army historians who participated in the Ryukyus campaign as members of a group organized to accompany the American forces to the Ryukyus and secure at first hand the materials for a history of their operations. Maj. Roy E. Appleman was attached to the 27th Division, M/Sgt. James M. Burns and Lt. Col. Stevens accompanied the Tenth Army headquarters, and Capt. Russell A. Gugeler served with the 7th Division on Okinawa. After the war many of the authors went on to become prominent military historians. Appleman passed away in 1996, Burns in 2014, Stevens in 2001, and Gugeler in 1985. Their work was first published in 1948.