Description: The Fortunate Son recounts the parallel lives of an army brat and a group of Vietnam veterans who intersect decades after the war. The veterans open up to me perhaps in a way they never have with their own families. Why? Through my father, Top, their First Sergeant, we have a common link. Over the years, we've gotten to know each other.
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In Pendulum Over the Pacific , the President’s nephew and advisor goes rogue, teaming with a hawkish U.S. Senator who is scheming to force Japan to lower its trade surplus with the U.S. The senator and nephew see Japan’s trade surplus as a threat to the U.S. economy. They decide to manipulate facts and use history to their advantage to force the President to renegotiate an existing U.S.-Japan trade deal. It’s the 1980s when Japan was the “bad” trade partner, before China’s rise. Once a student in Tokyo, Mor
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Timothy Trainer Timothy Trainer was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a U.S. soldier stationed in Japan in the 1950s. He sailed to the U.S. in time to start school. In 1978, after a stint in the military and earning his bachelor’s degree, he returned to Japan to re-familiarize himself with the culture and language. Mr. Trainer studied Japanese at Keio University’s International Center and then earned a Master of Arts degree in Asian Studies. Eventually, he attended law school. Mr. Trainer has lived in