| Description |
xvi, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Staking a Nation -- 1.Chiang Kaishek: Saving China -- 2.Nation Building -- 3.Nanjing, Nanjing -- 4.To War -- pt. II Momentous Times -- 5.The Battle of Shanghai -- 6.Trading Space for Time -- 7.Regime Change -- 8.War Communism -- pt. III The Acid Test -- 9.The Allies at War -- 10.The Turning Point -- 11.Japan's Surrender in China -- pt. IV The New China -- 12.Crash and Burn -- 13.National Liberation War -- 14.Exhaustion |
| Summary |
China's War of Resistance against Japan, as WWII is known in China, was never about the defeat of Japan alone. China was also at war with itself. Between 1937 and 1949, a vicious revolutionary war between Nationalists and Communists, divided by radically different views about China's future, ravaged the country, killing millions and laying waste to cities and the countryside. The outcomes of these wars have shaped the country and the world since. China at War focuses on this period, examining the complex truth behind the propaganda of both East and West. Cambridge professor Hans van de Ven shows how the results of the fighting ended European imperialism in East Asia, restored China to its traditional position of regional centrality, and gave the USA a decisive role in East Asian politics. In the process, he argues, it also triggered profound changes in warfare, as important as the development of atomic weapons, and gave the countryside a new social, political and military significance. Through fascinating personal accounts and extensive scholarship, China at War casts new light on this crucial period of history, and harnesses contemporary art, culture and ideology to illuminate world-changing events |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Communism -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Nationalism -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 1937-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024118
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China -- Politics and government -- 1937-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024171
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| LC no. |
2017492508 |
| ISBN |
1781251940 |
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9781781251942 |
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