Banzai Babe Ruth : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts
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| Autore: |
Fitts Robert K. <1965->
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| Titolo: |
Banzai Babe Ruth : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 796.357 |
| Soggetto topico: | Baseball - United States - History - 20th century |
| Baseball - Japan - History - 20th century | |
| Sports and state - United States | |
| Civilization - American influences | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 20th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 spreading goodwill. Politicians on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generat |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Basebal, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Banzai Babe Ruth |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68784-3 |
| 9786613664785 | |
| 0-8032-4024-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813229303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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