Asia Military

The Battle of Okinawa was the deadliest campaign of the Pacific during World War II. The Americans had come back from the demoralizing defeat at Pearl Harbor to mount a ferocious attack against the Japanese. To be able to invade Japan, the Americans had to take Okinawa. But the Japanese, determined to defend their homeland and preserve their way of life, would fight to the death against the invaders. As the Army and Marines fought bloody battles to gain Okinawa inch by inch, the Navy was subjected to kamikaze attacks.

Per molto tempo gli storici si sono limitati a considerare Gengis Khan come un barbaro, un uomo violento che attraverso scorribande e razzie aveva conquistato il più grande impero mai visto sulla faccia della terra. Nella storiografia recente, invece, grazie a studi più approfonditi e alla caduta di molti pregiudizi ideologici, la vita di Gengis Khan si è rivelata molto più complessa ed intrigante di quanto sarebbe potuta sembrare fino a pochi anni fa. Nel 2000 infine la consacrazione: il Whashington Post infatti ha nominato l'imperatore mongolo “uomo del millennio”.

Frances and Ginger Park, authors of both children's books and young adult novels, based this inspiring and deeply affecting tale on their own mother's childhood. Winner of the International Reading Association Award, My Freedom Trip features a courageous girl named Soo who makes a desperate bid for freedom by journeying from North Korea to South Korea. Her father awaits across the border, but to achieve her new life, Soo must leave her mother behind.