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‘Utterly foolish’: 12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...
China’s ‘nightmare’ youth revolution was lit by its neurotic authoritarian leader, Mao Zedong. What can we learn from it?
Linda Jaivin’s epic tale of China’s Cultural Revolution brings its players to life – and illustrates the massive scale of its ...