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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Tracks
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The Tiger
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Among the Thugs
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Toujours Provence
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French Lessons
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Bury Me Standing
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Encore Provence
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One for the Road
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The Good Rain
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The Road from Coorain
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The Lady and the Monk
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Travels
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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 Best of Outside
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The Ends of the Earth
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Coyotes
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Orchid Fever
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The River's Tale
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Eastward to Tartary
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The Nile
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Lasso the Wind
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Provence A-Z
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Falling Off the Map
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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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Skyfaring
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On Persephone's Island
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Iron and Silk
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A Beginner's Guide to Japan
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Rolling Nowhere
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Surrender or Starve
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Hong Kong
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Into the Heart of Borneo
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A Tuscan Childhood
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Sahara Unveiled
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Bayou Farewell
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In Trouble Again
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Old Glory
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India in Mind
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Dinner with Persephone
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Savages
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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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