Bøker av Richard Madsen

They stood with our country.They went out into the sub-zero temperatures of a Montana winter to "stand colors", to show respect for the US flag and the nation it represented. They were the graduates of the Navy V-12 officer training program. Some went on to fight in World War II or Korea. Others were simply the watchmen who helped pull the country together after those conflicts. This book is a thank you to them and the families who waited for them at home. With this book we pass on what they stood for.Richard Madsen trained as a Navy officer at the Montana School of Mines and later Kansas University from 1943-46. He served as a Supply Officer at Subic Bay in the Philippines from 1946-47. He and his wife Viola raised 6 children and he now lives in Lenexa, Kansas.

Explores the remarkable religious renaissance that reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. This book connects these developments to Taiwan's transition to democracy and the burgeoning needs of its middle classes. It demonstrates that the Taiwan religious renaissance embraces a democratic modernity.

From the 'Red Menace' to Tiananmen Square, the United States and China have long had an emotionally tumultuous relationship. This book examines the moral history of US-China relations. It targets the forces that have shaped this surprisingly strong tie between two strikingly different nations.