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Banzai Babe Ruth : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts



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Autore: Fitts Robert K. <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Banzai Babe Ruth : baseball, espionage, & assassination during the 1934 tour of Japan / / Robert K. Fitts Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-68784-3
9786613664785
0-8032-4024-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813229303321
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