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Now with Kung Fu Grip! - Jared Miracle - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Now with Kung Fu Grip! - Jared Miracle - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Why do so many Americans practice martial arts? How did kung fu get its own movie genre? What makes mixed martial arts so popular? This book answers these questions for the first time with historical research. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States enjoyed a time of prosperity but feared that men were becoming soft. At the same time, the Japanese government sponsored research to develop the best fighting techniques for its new empire. Before World War II, American men boxed and Japanese men practiced judo and karate. Postwar Americans began adopting Chinese, Brazilian, Filipino and other fighting styles, in the process establishing a masculine subculture based on physical and social power. The rise of Asian martial arts in America is a fascinating untold story of modern history, from the origin of karate uniforms to the first martial arts themed birthday party. The cast of characters includes circus strongmen, professional cage fighters, an award winning comic book artist, the inventors of judo, aikido and Cornflakes, and Count Juan Raphael Dante, a Chicago hairdresser and used car salesman with the "Deadliest Hands in the World." Readers will never look at taekwondo class the same way again.

DKK 240.00
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In Search of Godzilla - Rick Wallach - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In Search of Godzilla - Rick Wallach - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Unique among books about Godzilla , this work concentrates on the original 1954 version of the film. It explores the subtler, culturally determined motives of its director, writers, and characters, including ancient Japanese myth, Buddhism, Shinto, and the trauma of war beyond the often-discussed atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also discusses how traditional Japanese stagecraft makes the alien situation feel familiar to the film''s domestic audience--a usually overlooked aspect. In addition, the book includes two chapters on the most recent cinematic commentaries, Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One .

DKK 344.00
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The Films of John G. Avildsen - Tom Garrett - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Films of John G. Avildsen - Tom Garrett - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography and critical study. Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning Avildsen is given a separate chapter, including such critical successes as Joe and Save the Tiger , and box-office blockbusters Rocky and its sequels and the Karate Kid series. The authors'' observations on these and other titles--some well known, others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes, and by commentary from John G. Avildsen himself. Cinema historian Jean Bodon of Sam Houston State University provides a foreword.

DKK 334.00
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Sugamo Prison, Tokyo - John L. Ginn - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sugamo Prison, Tokyo - John L. Ginn - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In the aftermath of World War II, Sugamo Prison housed some of the most infamous Japanese war criminals, including Premier Hideki Tojo and I. Torgui D''Aquino, better known as Tokyo Rose. In all, more than 2,000 war criminals and protected witnesses were held at Sugamo. Nearly 60 prisoners were executed and many others were sentenced to prison terms. This story of a largely forgotten part of World War II, by a man who was a Sugamo guard for more than two years, gives an inside look at the prison. Details are given about the prisoners (classified A, B, and C, based on the severity of their crimes), the trials, the sentencing, the executions, and the American guards. Appendices include listings of the accused and those executed, and a roster of American personnel.

DKK 255.00
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Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist - David Mccracken - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist - David Mccracken - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Chuck Palahniuk, America''s premier transgressive novelist, enjoys a tremendous readership. Yet he has not necessarily been embraced by critics or academics. His prose is considered vulgar by some, but his body of work addresses a core motivation of 21st-century life: individual self-empowerment. Palahniuk writes about what it means to be on the outside looking in, revising familiar narratives for a contemporary audience to get at the heart of the human condition--everyone wants a chance to win his or her fair share, no matter the cost. In Haunted , Snuff , Pygmy , Tell-All , Damned and Invisible Monsters Remix , he confronts marginalization and disenfranchisement through parodies of various works-- The Decameron , The Inferno , Are You There God? It''s Me, Margaret , The Elephant Man --as well as Hollywood history, 1970s karate films and the porn industry. This comprehensive study of six novels refutes criticism that Palahniuk''s goals are to shock and sensationalize.

DKK 334.00
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The United States Marines in North China, 1894-1942 - Chester M. Biggs - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The United States Marines in North China, 1894-1942 - Chester M. Biggs - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Like most foreign troops stationed in China, the United States Marines'' mission was to protect the American embassy and American consulates, missionaries, tourists, and other citizens in China. During the half century covered by this book, the Marines saw China as it would never again be. The Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion gave the Europeans a certain standing, with prerogatives and privileges that were looked upon by everyone, even the Chinese, as a natural order of existence. The author discusses early military operations in north China, the early legation guards, the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and the Marine legation guard in Peking also in 1900. It also discusses Seymour''s relief column, Waller''s column, the capture of the Walled City of Tien-Tsin, the siege of the legations at Peking, the relief of Peking, and the Marines'' return to Peking.

DKK 325.00
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American Women in Amateur Wrestling, 2000-2022 - Jason Norman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

American Women in Amateur Wrestling, 2000-2022 - Jason Norman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Throughout the new millennium, the number of women interested in amateur wrestling has skyrocketed. From grade school to college, girls and women have been strapping on their head guards and singlets to grapple with their dreams of success on the mat. However, the sport and its participants have not always had an easy time. This book documents the growth of female amateur wrestling in America, and the difficulties and victories it has faced, from removal from the 2013 Olympic Games, to missing the 2020 Games altogether due to Covid-19. The work chronicles the bravery of the women who have led the sport and sets out their performances in the 2021 Olympic Games. With 50 photographs, it also features interviews with the female wrestlers who continue to challenge an often-suppressed field, hoping eventually to leave their mark on the American sports world.

DKK 325.00
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Classified - David B. Frost - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Classified - David B. Frost - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

When the framers of the Constitution gathered in the summer of 1787, their deliberations were shrouded in secrecy. The Pennsylvania State House was locked, armed guards were posted and the 55 delegates of the Constitutional Convention were sworn to secrecy by presiding officer George Washington. Ordinary Americans were allowed no role in shaping the country''s national charter. Its principle architect, James Madison, believed secrecy was necessary to prevent "a thousand of erroneous and perhaps mischievous reports," and directed that his personal notes from the Convention not be published until after his death. Secrecy has always played a role in American governance, from the First Continental Congress to the Manhattan Project to today''s controversial procedures for protecting national security. The author examines the balance between the ideal of openness in government and the real world need for secrecy, and the political accommodations that have been made for each.

DKK 334.00
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The Kaiju Connection - Jason Barr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Kaiju Connection - Jason Barr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes an ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as Konga? And what makes a giant person become a "monster"? This book provides a new perspective on kaiju and reveals that our boundaries for the genre are perhaps not so solid. This work focuses primarily on newer kaiju works, ranging from Colossal to Shin Godzilla to Godzilla vs. Kong , but also touches on classics such as King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Godzilla Raids Again , and lesser-known works such as What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? and Agon . Like our ancestors we have collectively adopted giant monsters into our culture, especially our pop culture. Within the domains where giant monsters walk, we experience the rigidity of our moral structures, and the fleeting borders of our definitions of humanity. Within the kaiju film genre rest our own assumptions about what makes a monster a monster, and, more importantly, what makes a human a human.

DKK 320.00
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United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I - Peter L. Belmonte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I - Peter L. Belmonte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Much has been written about the exploits of the American Expeditionary Forces, the men and women sent overseas to fight during World War I, but much less is known about the two million who served in the Army without ever setting foot on foreign soil. This book examines the history of depot brigades, development battalions, U.S. Guards units, Students'' Army Training Corps, and other "forgotten" troops charged with training soldiers, guarding installations, and performing myriad other duties. It also chronicles the service of men like actor Jimmy Cagney, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, movie director Frank Capra, children''s author Ludwig Bemelmans, and the two million others who served in the United States during the war. At the time, many of these men considered themselves unfortunate cast-offs, doomed to spend the war safe at home while their friends served in combat overseas. But, in the end, it was largely because of them that America could field an effective fighting force.

DKK 476.00
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Rhode Island's Civil War Dead - Robert Grandchamp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Rhode Island's Civil War Dead - Robert Grandchamp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

 Rhode Island sent 23,236 men to fight in the Civil War. They served in eight infantry regiments, three heavy artillery regiments, three regiments and one battalion of cavalry, a company of hospital guards and 10 batteries of light artillery. Hundreds more served in the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Rhode Islanders participated in nearly every major battle of the war, firing the first volleys at Bull Run, and some of the last at Appomattox. How many died in the Civil War is a question that has long eluded historians. Drawing on a 20-year study of regimental histories, pension files, letters, diaries, and visits to every cemetery in the state, award-winning Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp documents 2,217 Rhode Islanders who died as a direct result of military service. Each regiment is identified, followed by the name, rank and place of residence for each soldier, the details of their deaths and, where known, their final resting places.

DKK 429.00
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Last Man Out - Bob Wilbanks - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Last Man Out - Bob Wilbanks - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers massacred 139 of 150 American POWs. This biography tells the story of Glenn ("Mac") McDole, one of eleven young men who escaped and the last man out of Palawan Prison Camp 10A. Beginning on December 8, 1941, at the U.S. Navy Yard barracks at Cavite, the story of this young Iowa Marine continues through the fighting on Corregidor, the capture and imprisonment by the Japanese Imperial Army in May 1942, Mac''s entry into the Palawan prison camp in the Philippines on August 12, 1942, the terrible conditions he and his comrades endured in the camps, and the terrible day when 139 young soldiers were slaughtered. The work details the escapes of the few survivors as they dug into refuse piles, hid in coral caves, and slogged through swamp and jungle to get to supportive Filipinos. It also contains an account and verdicts of the war crimes trials of the Japanese guards, follow-ups on the various places and people referred to in the text, with descriptions of their present situations, and a roster of the names and hometowns of the victims of the Palawan massacre.

DKK 193.00
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