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Category: Asia

Battle of Hue
May 10, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / Asia / AUTHOR / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Mark Bowden / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / War

Battle of Hue: The Turning Point in the Vietnam War

Explore the Battle of Hue in Mark Bowden’s gripping book about the Vietnam War’s most brutal and decisive urban fight.

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Freedom at Midnight
March 24, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / Asia / AUTHOR / Biography / BOOKS / Classics / Dominique Lapierre / GENRE / Historical / History / India / Indian Literature / Larry Collins / Nonfiction / Pakistan / Politics

Freedom at Midnight Book Review: A Tale of India’s Independence and Partition

Freedom at Midnight book review exploring India’s independence, partition, and key figures like Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, and Mountbatten.

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Rape of Nanking
February 18, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / Asia / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOKS / China / GENRE / Historical / History / Iris Chang / Japan / Nonfiction / Politics / War / World War II

The Rape of Nanking Book Review: Iris Chang’s Powerful Account of a Forgotten Holocaust

The Rape of Nanking book review Iris Chang: Explore her detailed account of the Nanking Massacre and its historical significance.

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Wars of Afghanistan review
August 10, 2024 BOOK REVIEWS / Asia / AUTHOR / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Peter Tomsen / Politics / Religion / Terrorism / War / World History

Wars of Afghanistan Review: Why Great Powers Keep Failing

This Wars of Afghanistan review covers Tomsen’s sharp take on tribal power and foreign failure.

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The Man Who Would Be King
April 9, 2024 BOOK REVIEWS / 19th Century / Adventure / American / Asia / AUTHOR / Ben Macintyre / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Travel / World History

The Man Who Would Be King: The True Story of Josiah Harlan

The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre is an account of the life and adventures of Josiah Harlan, an American explorer.

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Dear Leader
October 16, 2023 BOOK REVIEWS / Asia / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOKS / GENRE / Historical / History / Jang Jin-sung / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics

Dear Leader: A True Story of Escape from North Korea

Dear Leader reveals a North Korean defector’s escape and exposes life inside the regime’s propaganda machine.

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