Peter Harmsen has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is Shanghai 1937.
Shanghai 1937
Summary
This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.In its sheer scale, the struggle for China’s largest city was a sinister forewarning of what was in store for the rest of mankind only a few years hence, in theaters around the world. It demonstrated how technology had given rise to new forms of warfare, or had made old forms even more lethal. Amphibious landings, tank assaults, aerial dogfights and most importantly, urban combat, all happened in Shanghai in 1937. It was a dress rehearsal for World War II - or perhaps more correctly it was the inaugural act in the war - the first major battle in the global conflict.Actors from a variety of nations were present in Shanghai during the three fateful autumn months when the battle raged. The rich cast included China's ascetic Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his Japanese adversary, General Matsui Iwane, who wanted Asia to rise from disunity, but ultimately pushed the continent toward its deadliest conflict ever. Claire Chennault, later of “Flying Tiger” fame, was among the figures emerging in the course of the campaign, as was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In an ironic twist, Alexander von Falkenhausen, a stern German veteran of the Great War, abandoned his role as a mere advisor to the Chinese army and led it into battle against the Japanese invaders.
©2013 Peter Harmsen (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Sindberg
Summary
For første gang fortælles historien om en af de største humanitære skikkelser i det 20. århundredes danmarkshistorie: Bernhard Arp Sindberg.I december 1937 falder den kinesiske hovedstad, Nanjing, og den japanske hær går amok i et orgie af vold, mord og gruppevoldtægter. I løbet af seks uger bliver hundredetusindvis af civilister og krigsfanger myrdet. Den danske opsynsmand på F.L. Smidths cementfabrik, Bernhard Arp Sindberg, åbner fabrikkens porte, og 10.000 civile kinesere slår sig ned på området uden for japanernes rækkevidde.Sindberg var en skæv eksistens, der i en kort periode trådte i karakter for derefter at vende tilbage til glemslen. I bogen følger vi ham fra hans barndom i Aarhus og på hans første eventyr som sømand til de dramatiske 104 dage som redningsmand for tusindvis af mennesker. Peter Harmsen (f. 1968), cand.mag. i samfundsfag og russisk, har arbejdet som journalist i Østasien i over 20 år for blandt andet AFP, Bloomberg og Financial Times. Skriver for Weekendavisen om Kina og det øvrige Asien. Udover biografien om Bernhard Arp Sindberg har han også skrevet et par anmelderroste bøger om kinesisk historie.
©2019 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2019 Lindhardt og Ringhof