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UNINA9910461394203321 |
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Autore |
Fitts Robert K. <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Banzai Babe Ruth [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68784-3 |
9786613664785 |
0-8032-4024-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - United States - History - 20th century |
Baseball - Japan - History - 20th century |
Sports and state - United States |
Civilization - American influences |
Electronic books. |
United States Foreign relations 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Recurring Japanese Characters; Prologue; Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it."; Appendix 3. Tour Game Line Scores; Part 2 "Babe Ruth . . . is a great deal more effective Ambassador than I could ever be."; Part 3 "The Japanese are equal to the Americansin strength of spirit."; Part 4 "There will be no war between the United States and Japan."; Part 5 "To hell with Babe Ruth!"; Appendix 1. The All American Touring Party; Appendix 2. Tour Batting and Pitching Statistics; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of "Banzai!Banzai, Babe Ruth!" The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning professional baseball in Japan, and |
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spreading goodwill. Politicians on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generat |
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Record Nr. |
UNIORUON00424380 |
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Autore |
VIALAR, Paul |
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Titolo |
Le chasse aux hommes / Paul Vialar |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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UNINA9910144063503321 |
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Titolo |
OPCW synthesis / / Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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The Hague, : Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Chemical arms control |
Disarmament |
DISARMAMENT |
DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS |
Periodicals. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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