In the Spring of 1974; 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops; the Philippine army and police; hostile islanders; and eventually successive Japanese search parties; Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers; convinced that World War II was still being fought and waiting for the day when his fellow soldiers would return victorious. This first-person account of those years of evading capture and trying to stay alive is filled with drama; tension; and excitement.Readers learn about Onoda's early life; his training as an intelligence officer; and his final assignment to the Philippine island of Lubang. When American forces take over the island; he retreats into the mountains and life becomes a constant battle against the elements as well as the enemy. The description of his selfless dedication to a cause allows us a rare glimpse of the invincible spirit of the human being; and his ingenuity in adapting to primitive surroundings is a commentary on man's resourcefulness. Even after the Japanese forces surrender or are killed; courage and conviction allow him and his few comrades to continue until he alone returns to civilization. A soldier who fought and survived the war's longest; loneliest battle; Onoda became a hero to his people and his account of events; first published in Japan in 1974 and in English in 1975; has enjoyed an approving audience ever since. Currently no other English edition is in print.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not what it has been cracked up to be.By Al Jordan.The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln has been seen as an act of liberating the slaves from bondage. It was in fact just a strategy for undermining the southern war effort. It didn't free one slave the north had the power to do at the time it went into effect.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Abe was a very shrewd tactision.By Sam McGranerA careful reading of this document allows the reader to reach an undeniable truth. Abe Lincoln only freed the slaves in confederate held lands; doing nothing to upset slave owners in Union held territory. The real purpose in this proclamation was hopefully to generate animosity of the slaves in confederate lands so as to cause them to rise up; thereby creating a new enemy from within.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Great Gift for Any American or Would-Be American VIBy FredTownWardNote: has grouped together reviews of several different editions of this book; this review is for The Emancipation Proclamation (Little Books of Wisdom).Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is justly famed the world over; and every American or would-be American owes it to himself or herself to reread it occasionally; and this Applewood Books version is a good choice for reasons besides being sturdy; nice looking; and inexpensive.A brief Foreward lays out the timeline of the drafting of the Emancipation Proclamation; including the well known quotation from Lincoln's reply to a Horace Greely editorial accusing him of being remiss with regard to emancipation; in which Lincoln makes clear that regardless of his personal feelings about slavery (he loathed it); his paramount object was saving the Union NOT saving or destroying slavery. What follows is the text of the three different versions of the proclamation: first draft; preliminary version; and the final; issued proclamation; along with Lincoln's introductory remarks to his cabinet regarding the second version; and last; the Thirteenth Amendment.Note: Applewood Books has produced a nice looking inexpensive series of sturdy pocket-sized reprints of important American books; documents; speeches; pamphlets; and poems; the Little Books of Wisdom; uniform with this volume; that are ideal for gifting to doctors; lawyers; teachers; business professionals; and students of same: The Way to Wealth; George Washington's Rules of Civility Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation; The Constitution of the United States of America; On the Art of Teaching; The Poems of Abraham Lincoln; The Strenuous Life; The Bill of Rights with Writings That Formed Its Foundation; The Path of the Law; The Constitution of the Confederate States of America; The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth; A Message to Garcia; A Declaration of Sentiments; Robert's Rules of Order; Good Citizenship; On Being Human; A Discourse Upon the Duties of a Physician; The Declaration of Independence with Short Biographies of Its Signers; The Wants of Man; George Washington's Farewell Address; The Speech of Chief Seattle; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Common Sense; The Articles of Confederation; and The Gospel of Wealth.Some selected volumes are also available in boxed sets: Books of American Wisdom Boxed Set; CEO's Gift Box of Wisdom; Doctor's Gift Box of Wisdom; Lawyer's Gift Box of Wisdom; New Citizen's Gift Box of Wisdom; and Teacher's Gift Box of Wisdom.And some have been published in Spanish: Un Mensaje a Garcia and Constitucion de Los Estados Unidos.
