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		The Seagraves contend that while Washington was declaring Japan to be
		Seagrave's calm, steady voice belies the excitement he must have felt when
		Seagrave says it is hard to say where else the loot may be hidden, because
	www.ldolphin.org /seagrave.html (1982 words)

	Royalty.nu - Chinese History - Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi or Cixi
		She is popularly remembered as a ruthless dictator, but in the book Dragon Lady author Sterling Seagrave presents her as a rather meek creature who was manipulated by her advisers and slandered by Western writers.
		However, modern writer Sterling Seagrave says there was no actual siege; Chinese forces were actually there to protect the foreign legations, and most of the legation quarter "was subjected only to intermittent harassing gunfire." Nonetheless, the foreigners felt they were under siege.
		Seagrave says the Pearl Concubine's fate is unknown, but it is possible that she "was done in by the eunuchs on their own initiative, or flung herself down the well."
	www.royalty.nu /Asia/China/TzuHsi.html (3042 words)

	Pound sterling biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling (with a basic currency unit of the Tealby penny, rather than the pound) was introduced as the English currency by King Henry II in 1158, though the name sterling wasn't acquired until later.
		Sterling unofficially moved to the gold standard from silver in 1717 thanks to Sir Isaac Newton, who was Master of the Royal Mint, and the use of silver declined until the official adoption of the gold standard following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, in 1821.
		In an attempt to resume stability, a variation on the gold standard was reintroduced in 1926, under which the currency was pegged to the gold price at pre-war levels, although people were only able to exchange their currency for gold bullion, rather than for coins.
	pound-sterling.biography.ms (1438 words)

	Amazon Light - Details for Dragon Lady : The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China (Vintage)
		Seagrave easily and deftly fills in the background to the history of China in the 18th and 19th century leading up to Tzu Hsi acceding to the throne as Regent, at the time of an increasing foreign interest in China.
		Seagrave also goes into some detail regarding the lives and characters of George Morrison and Edmund Backhouse, China experts and correspondents for the London Times, who are the primary creators of the traditional accounts of Tzu Hsi's crimes.
		Seagrave does make some statements of fact which are obviously speculation, such as "Tzu Hsi pushed for her nephew's selection as the new Emperor in part to rescue him from his mother's abuse." (p 161) And the endnotes are also occasionally off, referring to the wrong page in the text.
	www.kokogiak.com /amazon/detpage.asp?asin=0679733698&field-keywords=lords+of+the+rim&schMod=books&type=&sb=s (992 words)

	Death Form Above Russian Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Seagrave has had considerable experience in Indochina, which proved valuable to him in researching allegations of Soviet chemical warfare in Laos.
		Seagrave says that almost as much herbicide was used in Cambodia as in South Vietnam.
		However, Seagrave is not alone in concluding that the U.S.S.R., either directly or through proxies, has in recent years not only been developing and stockpiling but also emp1oying lethal chemicals and biotoxins in warfare in violation of treaties prohibiting the use of such weapons.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1982/may-jun/buckingham.html (1208 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling Seagrave corrects these falsehoods and exposes the collusion and corruption that have been at the heart of the post-war Japanese economic miracle.
		Seagrave follows the public and private lives of Japanese emperors from the Meiji restoration to the present, including information on their wives, children, and the people that surrounded them.
		Seagrave is always accessible, easy to read, and litters his text with interesting and humourous anecdotes, which make him one of the most readable historians on Asian history.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0593044827 (890 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Yamato Dynasty: the Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling and Peggy Seagrave correct these falsehoods and expose the collusion and corruption that have been at the heart of the postwar Japanese economic miracle.
		The Seagraves are such good storytellers that I sometimes forgot I was reading a history--Let's just put it this way, I bought the book yesterday and did not stop reading until this afternoon--couldn't put it down.
		But then the Seagraves constantly repeat their point that "real" power in Japan has never been with the emperor at all, but with "the oligarchs" --- be they shoguns, leaders of the zaibatsu, or underworld "godfathers.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0767904974 (1474 words)

	Sterling Seagrave: The Yamato Dynasty
		Then there is the flat statement, supported only by a British history of intelligence during the war years, that Roosevelt signed a secret executive memo in April 1941 pledging to come to the assistance of British and Dutch possessions if they were attacked by Japan.
		As for the CIA, "documents show" that Lansdale had 20,000 metric tons of gold in a Geneva bank, which is absurd: such a hoard would have a present worth of $185 trillion.
		I suspect that The Yamato Dynasty was born in this fashion: First the Seagraves fell in with Joe Curtiss, the American mining engineer who supposedly helped recover some of this treasure, or with some other informant, perhaps English-speaking Japanese.
	www.warbirdforum.com /yamato.htm (749 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Though the Seagraves' book may at times read like a political thriller of Joycean scope and detail, it is no less than their attempt to provide readers with the entire provenance of the stockpiled loot known as Yamashita's Gold that is, in the end, the story's central character.
		While detractors frequently cite the Seagraves' sometimes hyperbolic prose style, in which exclamation points are not uncommon and the tone can shift wildly, the authors themselves are fully armored against assaults on their assertions.
		Sterling traces his roots to a family of missionaries who first left Massachusetts for Burma in 1832, and stayed on to serve as teachers and doctors.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040711x1.htm (2470 words)

	Sterling Seagrave
		Sterling Seagrave's first book, Soldiers of Fortune, was a history of mercenary pilots from 1911 in the Balkans to 1975 in Saigon, including Air America and Bird and Sons.
		In The Marcos Dynasty (1988), Seagrave then showed that Ferdinand Marcos fabricated his family history and his heroic legend, and was kept in power by four U.S. presidents to facilitate covert operations around the world.
		Re-investigating the "evil" Manchu empress Tzu Hsi, the Seagraves showed how her image as a murderous, sex-crazed monster was concocted and spread around the world by the Times correspondent George E. Morrison and his ally, the counterfeit historian and art forger Sir Edmund Backhouse.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKseagraveS.htm (5391 words)

	Sterling Holloway biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling Holloway (January 4, 1905 - November 22, 1992) was a perennial voice actor for the Walt Disney Studios, who began with a cameo role in Dumbo and later became a Disney legend as the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
		Sterling Holloway also voiced the original Cheerios Honey-Nut Bee.
		Sterling Holloway had a long career as a character actor in live-action films as well, with his memorably comic face, tousled sandy hair and squeaky voice.
	sterling-holloway.biography.ms (390 words)

	Sterling Lyon biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling Rufus Lyon (born January 30, 1927) was Premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981.
		His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was often compared to that of Margaret Thatcher in Great Britain.
		In 2004, Lyon was chosen as the University of Winnipeg's annual receipt of the "Distinguished Alumnus Award".
	sterling-lyon.biography.ms (633 words)

	Amazon.co.jp： The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family: 洋書: Sterling Seagrave,Peggy ...
		Sterling and Peggy Seagrave correct these falsehoods and expose the collusion and corruption that have been at the heart of the postwar Japanese economic miracle.
		They criticize U.S. officials, especially MacArthur, for orchestrating a postwar exorcism by which only a handful of Japanese war criminals were punished, while Hirohito and his family were restored to power without having to account for their wartime depredations.
		The Seagraves see Japan's present as replicating its past, with an economy in ruins, the current imperials marginalized and behind-the-scenes manipulators still resisting reform.
	www.amazon.co.jp /exec/obidos/ASIN/0767904966/ref=nosim/maysfukuokcit-22 (460 words)

	»»Sterling Reviews«« (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sterling Seagrave endeavors in his 1992 book called "Dragon Lady" to dispell the myths that have grown up around the life Tzu Hsi.
		Seagrave has a way with the language, with a deft turn of phrase every page or two, that makes one want to take notes.
		As the son of a man who has been a nearly 6-year member of sterling, and a boy was raised from age 10 by a father who followed the teachings of Justin Sterling and expected his wife to as well, I urge you to reconsider this book.
	www.car-repair-manual.com /Saab/Sterling/Sterling_18.html (5722 words)

	Dragon Lady : The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Sterling Seagrave and A Year in Provence by Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In this quite irresistible history, the author argues that it was a trio of Englishmen who were ruthless and cunning, and it was through their flawed and distorted reporting on the court that Tzu Hsi received the bum rap from which she has never recovered.
		Seagrave's revisionism is based on the earlier revelations of Hugh Trevor-Roper's Hermit of Peking (LJ 4/1/77), itself a lively book, but Seagrave is matchless when it comes to turning avid research into engaging history.
		Seagrave's aim here is primarily to destroy longstanding myths about this most powerful of Chinese women, myths created by Western imperialist adventurers of pen and sword who painted her as the Wicked Witch of the East.
	www.buybestbooks.com /reviews2/0679733698.html (732 words)

	Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave
		I've read this book several times since it was first published, and while I agree that Seagrave's sources aren't always documented as well as they should be, the author's conclusion is inescapable: the Soongs were largely as bad for China as were the communist leaders they struggled against so ardently.
		Seagrave documents his books is academically annoying if not irresponsible, given that there are no references to his endnotes in the text, which makes following up on his references tricky.
		Seagrave's work is not always well documented, and he is really more of a storyteller than an historian.
	www.book-summary-review.com /Soong-Dynasty-0060913185.htm (2040 words)

	Powell's Books - The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family by Sterling Seagrave
		In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chiang Kai-shek in the New York Times bestseller The Soong Dynasty, and his wife and longtime collaborator, Peggy, present the controversial, never-before-told history of the world’s longest-reigning dynasty–the Japanese imperial family–from its nineteenth-century origins through today.
		In the first collective biography of both the men and women of the Yamato Dynasty, the Seagraves take a controversial, comprehensive look at a family history that crosses two world wars, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American occupation of Japan, and Japan’s subsequent phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the Second World War.
		Peggy Seagrave is Sterling’s wife and longtime collaborator.
	powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0767904974 (282 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Seagrave had covered this subject in two principal chapters of his book, The Marcos Dynasty, published by Macmillan, London in 1988.
		It is true that when I received a copy of Seagrave's Gold Warriors manuscript a year or so before it was published, I became completely disillusioned due to his encroachment into the "downstream" in the book - a fact he openly admitted with an empty apology.
		Was Seagrave's decision to publish these documents mrely a slip of the memory of an ageing man or does it exhibit an ingrained and callous lack of integrity?
	www.deepblacklies.co.uk /seagrave.htm (570 words)

	Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China (Sterling Seagrave )
		Seagrave describes the beginning of Tzu Hsi's Empire, the intrigues in Bejing in the 19th century and the Empress-dowager being drawn into it as the scapegoat of European colonists and
		Seagrave shatters the myths that have plagued China for centuaries.
		Seagraves meticulous, but energetic style, brings to life the truth about an important part of history that has been distorted for many years.
	www.tp-book.de /2396-2399-royalty/info-0679733698/Dragon_Lady_The_Life_and_Legend_of_the_Last_Empress_of_China.html (321 words)

	EXISTENCE OF SECRET WWII GOLD HORDE CONFIRMED
		According to the Seagraves, as late as March 2001—in the early weeks of the newly-minted George W. Bush administration, associates of the Bush family were evidently deeply involved in the treasure-hunting and in efforts to profit from the sale and transfer of the recovered treasure.
		The Seagraves relate—echoing The Spotlight—that when Marcos demanded a higher-than-usual commission for lending a portion of his gold horde to the Reagan administration in order to prop up a Reagan scheme to manipulate the world gold market, this was the beginning of Marcos’ downfall.
		The Seagraves report that a source close to Marcos advised them that Marcos was then approached by an emissary from David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission asking Marcos to contribute $54 billion in gold bullion to a so-called “global development fund”.
	www.preferrednetwork.com /GOLD_WARRIORS.htm (2519 words)

	LRB \| Chalmers Johnson : The Looting of Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		One of the Seagraves' more controversial contentions is that the looting of Asia took place under the supervision of the Imperial household.
		The Seagraves vividly describe the extraordinary meetings that took place between Rambano and Reed, with phalanxes of lawyers on both sides, in Citibank's boardroom in New York.
		The Seagraves end their 'authors' note' with these words: 'As a precaution, should anything odd happen, we have arranged for this book and all its documentation to be put up on the Internet at a number of sites.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v25/n22/print/john04_.html (3160 words)

	Amazon.de: English Books: Gold Warriors The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Seagraves, bestselling authors (Lords of the Rim, etc.), contend that Japan systematically looted the entire continent of Asia during WWII, seizing billions in precious metals, gems and artworks.
		The Seagraves assert that the Japanese imperial family, along with Ferdinand Marcos, every American president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush, and numerous sinister figures on the American hard right have been tainted and in many cases utterly corrupted by the loot.
		Announcing they might be murdered for writing this book, the Seagraves proceed to tell an involved story about Japanese plunder from World War II that, never returned to its rightful owners, underwrites political slush funds and other financial legerdemain conducted by American and Japanese power brokers.
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/1859845428/infowelt-21 (503 words)

	Peggy Seagrave, Sterling Seagrave - Herrscher im Reich der aufgehenden Sonne - Perlentaucher.de, Kultur und Literatur ...
		Peggy Seagrave organisiert historische Ausstellungen und hat bereits mehrere Bücher herausgegeben.
		Seit 1983 forscht und schreibt sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann Sterling Seagrave.
		Sterling Seagrave wuchs in Birma und Indien auf.
	www.perlentaucher.de /buch/950.html (231 words)

	Reading list for China - preparing for your journey
		Chinese say that one married for money (Ai Ling married Taiwan's Chancellor of the Exchequer); one married for power (Mei Ling married Chiang Kaishek, the leader of the Guomindang party and Taiwan); and the one married for love (Qing Ling married Sun Yatsen, the founder of modern China, 31 years her senior).
		How these Wellesley and Wesleyan Chinese American graduates came to prominence is wonderfully told by Sterling Seagrave in his modern classic, The Soong Dynasty.
		Sterling Seagrave provides a revision of the life of the much maligned Empress Dowager Cixi in Dragon Lady : The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China.
	www.imperialtours.net /reading_main.htm (1494 words)

	VAFireNews.com - Virginia's Premiere Fire and EMS News Website
		Tower 611 is stationed at the South Sterling Safety Center (The Park) located at 104 Commerce Street in Sterling, Virginia.
		Sterling Volunteer Fire Company operates in partnership with the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Department and provides automatic aid to Fairfax County, VA and Washington Dulles International Airport.
		E35 is a 1992 Seagrave Marauder with a 1500 gpm pump and a 1000 gallon tank.
	www.vafirenews.com /apparatus (1101 words)

	Press Releases - Sterling
		January 05, 2007 NEW YORK, NY Sterling Testing Systems, Inc., a leading provider of employment screening services, is pleased to be included in the InfoWorld® 100 Best IT Projects of 2006.
		Jennifer Seagrave has been appointed Vice President of Client Relations at Sterling Testing Systems, Inc. Sterling is the New York-based provider of pre-employment screening, HR outsourcing services, information and solutions.
		Sterling Testing Systems, Inc., a leading provider of pre-employment screening services, today announced its induction into the list of Safe Harbor certified organizations for its adherence to the European Union Directives on Data Protection.
	www.sterlingtesting.com /News/Press.aspx (419 words)

	YAKUZA DOODLE DANDIES: Asian Vampire Bats in the American Belfrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		American author, Sterling Seagrave, has previously received international for his penetratiing investigative books: “The Soong Dynasty,” and “The Marcos Dynasty.” Now, in his latest work, “The Yamato Dynasty”, Seagrave unveils some of the most enduring secrets of the war in the Pacific....
		Seagrave reveals that American OSS (forerunner of the CIA) agents watched as Japanese troops buried treasure at Luzon in the Philippines and began a clandestine recovery operation between 1945 and 1948.
		Seagrave also believes it likely that President Truman was in the charmed circle of those who were informed.
	www.the-catbird-seat.net /YAKUZA.htm (6777 words)

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