Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Clearymdash;translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophymdash;the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. Cleary shows how well-known attributes such as the reserve and mystery of formal Japanese behavior are deeply rooted in the ancient strategies of the traditional arts of war. Citing original Japanese sources that are popular among Japanese readers today; he reveals the hidden forces behind Japanese attitudes and conduct in political; business; social; and personal life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Bartee does it again.By Donald SmithOnce again Bartee brings to life characters you never heard of before. He has a great gift in story telling that makes a history lesson extremely interesting and fun to read. Like his weekly columns you will leave saying; "I never knew that; wow".1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Painting Boomtowns Red and Black ahead of giving up the ghost.By Douglas BakerWhat is a Texas Boom town? In Texas it was a piece of hard scrabble no where; where people scrimped and scraped to get by; until the day gold; black gold; gushed up under the Texas Sun or stars. Board walks were put in place for street walkers to promenade and raise skirts; gamblers to practice their art as a business with no refunds; and bar owners to learn or hire those that knew the art of distillation or home brewed beer or got on the job training in making potable libations. And the law of the highway man the only law known until later. Often in the beginning of the start up town or hamlet experiencing cancer like rapid growth; it became a lawless town like end of the cattle drive towns when cowboys got paid and sought the pleasures of Main Street after hard driving work. Get rich quick was in most peoples minds with black dreams of tagging a piece of the action as mine; and getting lucky. Most didnt. Some did: H.L. Hunt; Sid Richardson; Clint Murchison; Sr. and others. When the inevitable decline of production set in; many moved on to the next boom town with the same dream floating in their minds eye. Hailes book is subtitled "A History of Blood and oil" which rings true today in Syria; Libya; Iraq; the Sudan and else where on Earth where the possession of oil in the ground and bringing it forth for profit is contested. He does a wonderful job of refreshing our memory--or introducing the reader for the first time--of times in Texas long forgotten; that moved the state from cotton and cattle into the hydrocarbon--oil and gas--industry with spin offs now of chemical; refinery and transportation. Hailes book is about towns and the people that made them--both winners and losers-- present at the creation of Texas oil business. There are amazing photographs--many from the DeGolyer Library at S.M.U.--of Texas early oil exploitation. Haile captures all this with his exciting prose. When "let the good times roll" provided by hard cases; got out of hand; Governors would institute martial law with Texas Rangers; U. S. Marshals; and Internal Revenue agents working the prohibition run serving as enforcers for "law and order"; that some times faded as their shadows darken other communities doors and "roll out the barrel" was sung again as booze and broads and more were again easily had.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Connection to our PastBy MichaelAfter spending forty-five years in the oil patch; it was entertaining to read about how the discovery of black gold impacted this state from one end to the other. Bartee did well in chronicling the good; bad; and ugly with the truth of this interesting time of Texas history. I consider this an excellent read for anyone even remotely connected to the petroleum industry.
