Here are books mentioned in my conversations on Seabourn Sojourn’s trip through China, Japan and Korea.
The Ocean Cruises of Admiral Zheng He and China’s Navy Today
Early Mapping of the Pacific, Thomas Suartz
When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes
1421 The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies
1434, Gavin Menzies
Maritime Chokepoints and Strategic Waters
The Middle Sea, John Julius Norwich
The Great Sea, David Abulafia
The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough
Pacific, Simon Winchester
The Mortal Sea, W. Jeffrey Bolster
Parting the Desert, Zachary Karabell
The Sea and Civilization, Lincoln Paine
Adak: The Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586
Adak: The Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586, Andrew C.A. Jampoler
Why We Fought: Propaganda and World War II (Part 1)
Anatomy of Fascism, Robert O. Paxton
Hitlerland, Andrew Nagorski
Guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman
The Sleepwalkers, Christopher Clark
1913, Charles Emmerson
To Hell and Back, Ian Kershaw
The Russian Origins of the First World War, Sean McMeekin
The War that Ended Peace, Margaret MacMillian
Catasrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War, Max Hastings
The Ottoman Endgame, Sean McMeekin
Speer: Hitler’s Architect, Martin Kitchen
Dietrich and Riefenstahl, Karin Wieland
The Man in the High Castle, Phillip K. Dick
Hell’s Foundation, Geoffrey Moorhouse
Why We Fought: Propaganda and World War II (Part II)
Hell to Pay, D.M. Giangreco
Pacific Crucible, Ian W. Toll
The Conquering Tide, Ian W. Toll
Stillwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45, Barbara W. Tuchman
American Caesar, William Manchester
Bankrupting the Enemy, Edward S. Miller
The Battle of Midway, Craig L. Symonds
In Command of History, David Reynolds
Disease in History
The Great Mortality, John Kelly
The Great Influenza, John M. Barry
The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson
Flu, Gina Kolata
The American Plague, Molly Caldwell Crosby
The Cholera Years, Charles E. Rosenberg
Disease in History, Frederick F. Cartwright
Epidemics in History, Sheldon Watts