| Description |
xxi, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Note |
American edition has title: Forgotten ally : China's World War II, 1937-1945. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-435) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : city on fire -- As close as lips and teeth : China's fall, Japan's rise -- A new revolution -- The path to confrontation -- Thirty-seven days in summer : the outbreak of war -- The battle for Shanghai -- Refugees and resistance -- Massacre at Nanjing -- The battle of Taierzhuang -- The deadly river -- "A sort of wartime normal" -- Flight into the unknown -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- Destination Burma -- Hunger in Henan -- States of terror -- Conference at Cairo -- One war, two fronts -- Showdown with Stilwell -- Unexpected victory -- Epilogue : the enduring war. |
| Summary |
Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration and ferocity. This title draws on a range of sources to recreate this terrible conflict. |
| Subject |
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- China.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
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China -- History, Military -- 1912-1949.
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China. |
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History, Military. |
| Chronological Term |
1912-1949 |
| Subject |
China -- History -- 1937-1945.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1937-1945 |
| Subject |
China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949.
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Social conditions. |
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Social aspects. |
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Japan. |
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Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Military history.
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| Other Editions: |
U.S. version: Mitter, Rana, 1969- China's war with Japan, 1937-1945. Forgotten ally : China's World War II, 1937-1945. First U.S. edition. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013] 9780618894253 (DLC) 2013026746 (OCoLC)666239975 |
| ISBN |
9781846140105 (hardback) |
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9781846140105 (hardcover) |
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1846140102 (hardcover) |
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