Tokyo Underworld by Robert Whiting
"A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan."--Mario PuzoIn this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa, gives us a fresh perspective on the economic miracle and near disaster that is modern Japan.
Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned himself into "the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of Rappongi," we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which he thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers, who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in Tokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the intimate relationships shared by Japan's ruling party, its financial combines, its ruthless criminal gangs, the CIA, American Big Business, and perhaps at least one presidential relative. Here is the underside of postwar Japan, which is only now coming to light.
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The Lost City of Z
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A Year in Provence
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The Tiger
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Tracks
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Toujours Provence
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French Lessons
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Bury Me Standing
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The Road from Coorain
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The Lady and the Monk
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Encore Provence
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The Good Rain
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Travels
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One for the Road
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
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Passage to Juneau
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Goodbye to a River
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Driving Over Lemons
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The Ends of the Earth
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Coyotes
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The Best of Outside
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Orchid Fever
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Lasso the Wind
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The River's Tale
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Provence A-Z
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Eastward to Tartary
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Bad Land
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In an Antique Land
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The Global Soul
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On Persephone's Island
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A Beginner's Guide to Japan
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The Nile
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Rolling Nowhere
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Skyfaring
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Surrender or Starve
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A Tuscan Childhood
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Iron and Silk
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Falling Off the Map
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Bayou Farewell
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In Trouble Again
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Into the Heart of Borneo
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Dinner with Persephone
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Sahara Unveiled
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India in Mind
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Hong Kong
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Road Fever
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Soldiers of God
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Red-Tails in Love
Robert Whiting is a Principal Lecturer in History at York Saint John University. The Blind Devotion of the People (1989) and Local Reactions to the English Reformation (1998) are two of his previous works.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375724893 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375724893 |
| Title | Tokyo Underworld |
| Author | Robert Whiting |
| Series | Vintage Departures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2000-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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