Sterling Seagrave

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Sterling Seagrave is author of The Soong Dynasty, The Marcos Dynasty, Gold Warriors and numerous other books which address unofficial and clandestine aspects of 20th Century political history of the countries in the Far East region..

Seagrave grew up on the China-Burma border, the fifth generation of an American family living in the Orient for nearly two centuries (his father was Dr. Gordon Seagrave, author of Burma Surgeon). As an investigative journalist in Asia, he contributed to many major newspapers and magazines. His other books include The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family, Opération Lys d'or (Operation Golden Lily in English), Yellow Rain: A Journey Through the Terror of Chemical Warfare, and Dragon Lady. He and his wife and collaborator, Peggy Sawyer Seagrave, live in Europe.

In its review of Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold, which dealt with allegations that post World War II the CIA had misappropriated billions of dollars of Japanese war loot, ^[1] BBC History Magazine noted that whilst "numerous gaps remain.... this is an important story, with far-reaching implications, that deserves to receive further attention". ^[2]

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• Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave, Sidg. & J, 1985, ISBN 978-0283992384
• The Marcos Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave, Harper Collins, 1988, ISBN 978-0060158156
• Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Sterling Seagrave, Vintage Books, New York, 1992 ISBN 0-679-73369-8. This book challenges the notion that the Empress-Dowager used the Boxers in the Boxer Rebellion. She is portrayed sympathetically.
• Lords of the Rim by Sterling Seagrave, Corgi Adult, 1996, ISBN 978-0552140522
• The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family by Sterling Seagrave, Broadway Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0767904964
• Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold by Sterling & Peggy Seagrave, Verso, ISBN 978-1859845424.

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