At last, the Vietnam War came to an end, and the American military involvement in this country was a fiasco. The “Domino” theory of Washington had evaporated, leaving behind a tragedy. The local crisis: getting on the Marxian path after the colonial rule for hopes of a new society in Marx’s dream was also a failure. Violence to control the population failed to last. All causes of war vindicated by the belligerent parties became rhetorical, whereas the ordinary people suffered for decades.

The crisis was primarily against colonialism, and was driven into a succession of foreign intervention in the political conflict among the world powers, leading to the Vietnam War, with all kinds of deadly weapons in modern times. The ordinary people endured death and destruction caused by the war, and mental suppression by the violent ruling systems. The fighting for three generations ended in the turmoil before the Marxian path came around, and people continued to suffer the post-war penury.

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The Confucian civilization is thoroughly examined and explained in this volume, historically, philosophically and psychologically, by its two most prominant examples (Chinese and Japanese cultures), after a multi-year research effort, with ground breaking findings and analyses not available elsewhere.

Historically Asian civilizations followed a dramatically different path than that of the West from the very beginning, adopting in ancient times a distinct social structure that has never appeared at any point in Western history. Asian values grown out of that social structure (subservience) diametrically contradict core Western values of freedom and justice, and Asian societies have their own distinct internal dynamic.

This book attempts to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of East Asians through a detailed analysis of the nature, historical roots and evolution of their uncompromising doctrine (Confucianism), which still dominates East Asia including China today. The author takes a bold and honest approach, ignoring cultural taboos, to reveal the inner workings of the Asian mind. This is not a typical history book, though all major historical periods up until the present are analyzed and explained; nor is it a typical philosophy book, though all major schools of thought in this tradition are analyzed and explained; nor is it a typical psychology book, though the defining aspects of Asian psyche are analyzed and explained. It is an ambitious and unprecedented attempt to take stock of the entire civilization, its breadth, its scope, and its essence. It traverses the evolution of the Asian mind through the centuries, explains the how and why of Asian cultural and historical dynamic, and presents a clear trajectory of Asian history and future. (also available on amazon.com, barnsandnoble.com)

Everyone dreams of travel to faraway lands, and of fantastic adventures along the way, in the company of strange and remarkable people. Yet the modern world would seem to have buried the exotic in packaged tours. Not, however, for Carol Miller. With her curious camera, and tireless pen and notebook, she flies, walks, rides, rows and peddles, documenting what she sees, while she reinforces her notes and pictures with books, letters, descriptions and testimonials. Then she assembles her vast archives; these are the stuff of those dreams of travel. Every one of the five “books” in this volume is therefore an informed incursion into the region’s art and history, how they came to be, and where they fit into the fabric of the world’s culture. At the same time we are privileged to share Carol Miller’s powerful insights, while an outrageous landscape unfolds from the top of a hill, or we are scooped up in manic traffic, or we peer into a ruined temple, a fisherman’s hut, a bustling market, a quiet river. An unusual book from the restless mind of a unique observer.

Everyone dreams of travel to faraway lands, and of fantastic adventures along the way, in the company of strange and remarkable people. Yet the modern world would seem to have buried the exotic in packaged tours. Not, however, for Carol Miller. With her curious camera, and tireless pen and notebook, she flies, walks, rides, rows and peddles, documenting what she sees, while she reinforces her notes and pictures with books, letters, descriptions and testimonials. Then she assembles her vast archives; these are the stuff of those dreams of travel. Every one of the five “books” in this volume is therefore an informed incursion into the region’s art and history, how they came to be, and where they fit into the fabric of the world’s culture. At the same time we are privileged to share Carol Miller’s powerful insights, while an outrageous landscape unfolds from the top of a hill, or we are scooped up in manic traffic, or we peer into a ruined temple, a fisherman’s hut, a bustling market, a quiet river. An unusual book from the restless mind of a unique observer.

Dr. Charles Shumaker was employed by the Methodist Board of Mission in 1948 and was considered the master school builder in Southeast Asia until 1959. His service in the U.S. Navy in World War II had taken him to the U.S. Naval Language School, where he became a Chinese Interpreter during the war years and served a tour on mainland China until the war ended. Through the Board of Missions, he was sent to Malacca Malaya with his wife and three children with one more child born in Malaya. He served there until 1954 when he was transferred to Medan Sumatra. During his tour in Malaya, he became friends with Dato Sir Cheng Lock. The friendship blossomed to the point where they regularly discussed all the pertinent political points of a nation trying to find its birth among racial problems, the Communist Insurrection, and the disintegration of the British Empire. This book takes a firsthand historical path through the birth of the Malaysian Nation. His friendship with Dato Sir Cheng Lock and the access he had to all of Sir Cheng Lock’s personnel papers and correspondence gave Dr. Shumaker an insight that very few were fortunate enough to see. Dr. Shumaker truly did live with and among those who were instrumental in the Formative Years of Malaysian Politics. Dr. Shumaker left the Methodist Board of Missions on 1959 and finished his career in the State Department. He served tours in Jordan, Taiwan, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; but he never lost his passion for the peoples of Malaysia.

Dr. Charles Shumaker was employed by the Methodist Board of Mission in 1948 and was considered the master school builder in Southeast Asia until 1959. His service in the U.S. Navy in World War II had taken him to the U.S. Naval Language School, where he became a Chinese Interpreter during the war years and served a tour on mainland China until the war ended. Through the Board of Missions, he was sent to Malacca Malaya with his wife and three children with one more child born in Malaya. He served there until 1954 when he was transferred to Medan Sumatra. During his tour in Malaya, he became friends with Dato Sir Cheng Lock. The friendship blossomed to the point where they regularly discussed all the pertinent political points of a nation trying to find its birth among racial problems, the Communist Insurrection, and the disintegration of the British Empire. This book takes a firsthand historical path through the birth of the Malaysian Nation. His friendship with Dato Sir Cheng Lock and the access he had to all of Sir Cheng Lock’s personnel papers and correspondence gave Dr. Shumaker an insight that very few were fortunate enough to see. Dr. Shumaker truly did live with and among those who were instrumental in the Formative Years of Malaysian Politics. Dr. Shumaker left the Methodist Board of Missions on 1959 and finished his career in the State Department. He served tours in Jordan, Taiwan, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; but he never lost his passion for the peoples of Malaysia.

Dr. Charles Shumaker was employed by the Methodist Board of Mission in 1948 and was considered the master school builder in Southeast Asia until 1959. His service in the U.S. Navy in World War II had taken him to the U.S. Naval Language School, where he became a Chinese Interpreter during the war years and served a tour on mainland China until the war ended. Through the Board of Missions, he was sent to Malacca Malaya with his wife and three children with one more child born in Malaya. He served there until 1954 when he was transferred to Medan Sumatra. During his tour in Malaya, he became friends with Dato Sir Cheng Lock. The friendship blossomed to the point where they regularly discussed all the pertinent political points of a nation trying to find its birth among racial problems, the Communist Insurrection, and the disintegration of the British Empire. This book takes a firsthand historical path through the birth of the Malaysian Nation. His friendship with Dato Sir Cheng Lock and the access he had to all of Sir Cheng Lock’s personnel papers and correspondence gave Dr. Shumaker an insight that very few were fortunate enough to see. Dr. Shumaker truly did live with and among those who were instrumental in the Formative Years of Malaysian Politics. Dr. Shumaker left the Methodist Board of Missions on 1959 and finished his career in the State Department. He served tours in Jordan, Taiwan, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; but he never lost his passion for the peoples of Malaysia.

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THE BOOK The book objectively tells the reality of entering, studying, working and living in the United States especially for struggling immigrants from past to present. What the other side of American society is all about “the land of milk and honey.” Next is the formation of the Federal Party of the Philippines organized by the elite Filipino collaborators in 1900 and its transformation up to its eventual defeat. A new movement was born with same platform in 1971 but it suffered too the same fate. Best of all, the historic tenacity and gallantry of Filipino resistance put up against American occupation - fighting the most powerful army and navy in the world resulted in the death of over 600,000 Filipinos.