Japan

Disinformation and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Legitimate disagreement about the wisdom of dropping two bombs on Japan to end World War II in 1945 persists even 80 years later, as reflected in discussions this past week. But recently, there has often been no real effort even to present the facts, much less to consider the lose-lose

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Trolling and Investigating Trump

Listen in with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they talk about deserved and undeserved presidential medals, Biden’s historical legacy, Japanese steel companies in America, how the post-war mentality is out of date, the grooming scandal in England, the British influence on civic culture, Trump’s sentencing, and boutique environmentalism being full of paradoxes.

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Peaking Through Fingers: A Look at the Decline of Education

 Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explore Japan’s new defense strategy, and Harvard’s Roland Fryer and Cornell’s students-against-grades in an anatomy of the woke destruction of the university. They finish with a short history of the Battle of the Bulge. Share This

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Modern Japan and Saudi Arabia

Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc on modern Japan including fascism, WWII, economic miracle, and Shinzo Abe. Don’t miss his thoughts at the end on Saudi politics. Share This

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Current and Past Military Strategies

In the latest of many pre-recorded podcasts while Victor is touring in Israel, Jack Fowler reads listener questions on military strategies around the world including China, Germany, Russia, Israel, and Japan. Share This

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Loud + Weak = War

China and Russia are no more impressed with empty bluster today than Japan was in 1941. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online  The Roosevelt administration once talked loudly of pivoting to Asia to thwart a rising Japan. As a token of its seriousness, in May 1940 it moved the home port of the Seventh

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Is China copying the old imperial Japan

by Victor Davis Hanson // Tribune Media  In the 1920s, Japan began to translate its growing economic might — after a prior 50-year crash course in Western capitalism and industrialization — into formidable military power. Share This

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North Korean Mythologies

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Much of what is written about the North Korean crisis seems to me little more than fantasy. Let us examine the mythologies. Share This

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Pearl Harbor Considered

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Why did Japan attack us 70 years ago today, other than the usually cited existential reasons and the fact that they thought they could and get away with it? Share This

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