Fitts, Robert K.
Banzai Babe Ruth : Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan. - 1 online resource (366 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Recurring Japanese Characters -- Prologue -- Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it." -- Part 2 "Babe Ruth . . . is a great deal more effective Ambassador than I could ever be." -- Part 3 "The Japanese are equal to the Americansin strength of spirit." -- Part 4 "There will be no war between the United States and Japan." -- Part 5 "To hell with Babe Ruth!" -- Appendix 1. The All American Touring Party -- Appendix 2. Tour Batting and Pitching Statistics -- Appendix 3. Tour Game Line Scores -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Robert K. Fitts graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a PhD from Brown University. Originally trained as an archeologist of colonial America, Fitts left that field to focus on his passion, Japanese baseball. He is also the author of Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game and Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball (Nebraska, 2008).
9780803240247
Baseball -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civilization -- American influences.
Ruth, Babe, -- 1895-1948.
Sports and state -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Electronic books.
GV863.A1 -- F58 2012eb
796.357
Banzai Babe Ruth : Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan. - 1 online resource (366 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Recurring Japanese Characters -- Prologue -- Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it." -- Part 2 "Babe Ruth . . . is a great deal more effective Ambassador than I could ever be." -- Part 3 "The Japanese are equal to the Americansin strength of spirit." -- Part 4 "There will be no war between the United States and Japan." -- Part 5 "To hell with Babe Ruth!" -- Appendix 1. The All American Touring Party -- Appendix 2. Tour Batting and Pitching Statistics -- Appendix 3. Tour Game Line Scores -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Robert K. Fitts graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a PhD from Brown University. Originally trained as an archeologist of colonial America, Fitts left that field to focus on his passion, Japanese baseball. He is also the author of Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game and Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball (Nebraska, 2008).
9780803240247
Baseball -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civilization -- American influences.
Ruth, Babe, -- 1895-1948.
Sports and state -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Electronic books.
GV863.A1 -- F58 2012eb
796.357