Asia, Pacific & Australian Studies

Children of a Secret State: North Korea	This revealing documentary contains clandestine video footage shot at great personal risk by a North Korean known as Ahn Chol and by journalists posing as tourists. Through interviews with street children, refugees, and former prisoners, this program explores the plight of youth in the last remaining Stalinist dictatorship and perhaps the most secretive state on the planet. From Pyongyang, to the China/North Korea border, to South Korea, to the infamous prison camps, the cameras expose the truth behind the wall of secrecy that hides a record of 3 million reported starvation deaths in the last decade and hundreds of thousands of children with nowhere to call home. Some content may be objectionable. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color) (C)2000	VHS32945 DVD32945	129.95 129.95	Please call us at 800-776-8093 to order
Forbidden City: The Great Within	Narrated by Rod Steiger, this timeless program explores the history of imperial China through its symbolic heart: Beijing, the "Forbidden City." The program gives a visually stunning tour of the hub of the world’s oldest bureaucracy and center for all Chinese government, a city containing schools, temples, theaters, exquisite gardens, and 240 acres of palaces. Period paintings, etchings, archival material, and readings from 1,000 years of Imperial diaries complement this unprecedented access to a capital long closed to the outside world. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color) (C)1995	VHS29014 DVD29014	89.95 89.95
Hidden Temples: Cambodia's Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat’s magnificent temples and vast reservoirs comprise the single largest religious complex ever built, an ancient wonder rising out of the Cambodian jungle. Archaeologists have estimated that as many as a million people might have lived there. How did they sustain a population that large? This program shows how archaeologists such as Dr. Elizabeth Moore of the University of London teamed up with NASA to use imaging radar from space to solve the mysteries of this thousand-year-old city. A Discovery Channel Production. (25 minutes, color)(C)1989	VHS29599 DVD29599	129.95 129.95
Secrets of the Samurai	The martial achievements of the samurai, Japan’s medieval warriors, were a blend of military innovation and personal commitment to self-mastery. This program reveals much of the science behind the samurai arts of war. Sadatoshi Gassan, a traditional swordsmith whose family has made weapons for 800 years, demonstrates the revolutionary metallurgical method that still yields the strongest, sharpest blades possible. Masami Ozawa of the Tokyo National Museum shows the ingenious composite armor devised to thwart the katana, or samurai sword. Architectural historian William Coaldrake provides a tour of engineering features in Japan’s most formidable castle of the feudal era. A Discovery Channel Production. (26 minutes, color)(C)2000	VHS29570 DVD29570	89.95 89.95
The Vietnam War: A Descent into Hell	America’s slide to war in Vietnam is a history of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. Narrated by Martin Sheen, this series uses memoranda, telegrams, declassified documents, and interviews with key figures on both sides of the conflict to better explain the decisions behind the events. The programs trace the relationship between America and Vietnam from their alliance against Japan in 1944 to total war in 1965. A Discovery Channel Production. 3-part series, 53 minutes each.The Series Includes: The Vietnam War: Setting the Stage, The Vietnam War: Commitment and Escalation, The Vietnam War: Past the Point of No Return	VHS29373 DVD29373	349.95 349.95
The Vietnam War: Setting the Stage	As this program carefully chronicles, the road to war with Vietnam began in 1944 when America enlisted the help of Ho Chi Minh against a common foe, Japan. The domino theory soon cast Ho as an enemy; Cold War Europe made France an ally—and France wanted Vietnam back. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the program uses newsreel footage and interviews with key figures, such as Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, 1961-67; Paul Kattenburg, State Department, Vietnam Desk, 1952-56; and Daniel Ellsberg, the Defense Department consultant who made public The Pentagon Papers. The program concludes in 1960, when years of massive U.S. financial aid, propaganda, and behind-the-scenes diplomacy had set the stage for full-scale war. A Discovery Channel Production. (53 minutes, color) (C)1999	VHS29094 DVD29094	129.95 129.95
The Vietnam War: Commitment & Escalation	By 1961 it was evident that installing President Diem in South Vietnam was a bad choice; within a year American advisors would increase from 400 to 12,000. This program goes behind the escalation of American commitment in Vietnam by interviewing many key figures on both sides. Memoranda, declassified documents, and newsreel footage are combined with commentary from diplomats and advisors, such as Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, 1961-67; Colonel Bui Tin, People’s Army of Vietnam; and Walt Rostow, Deputy National Security Advisor. The program concludes with the U.S.-backed overthrow of Diem and Ho Chi Minh’s increasing popularity. A Discovery Channel Production. (53 minutes, color) (C)1999	VHS29374 DVD29374	129.95 129.95
The Vietnam War: Past the Point of No Return	As retaliation for covert raids along their coast, the North Vietnamese attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, providing President Johnson a justification for war. Along with declassified documents and White House memoranda, this program presents interviews with such figures as Colonel Ho Minh Tri, who kept movement of troops and supplies secret along the Ho Chi Minh trail; Jack Valenti, President Johnson’s aide; Tran Quang Co, Deputy Foreign Minister of North Vietnam; and Tom Hughes, who worked in State Department Intelligence from 1961 to 1969. The program concludes with the commitment of major U.S. ground forces in July of 1965—an irrevocable decision. A Discovery Channel Production. (53 minutes, color) (C)1999	VHS29375 DVD29375	129.95 129.95

Mid-Atlantic Training, 143 William St, South River NJ 08882  800-776-8093