The wars for Asia, 1911-1949
"The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil War as separate events misrepresents their overlapping connections and causes. The long Chinese Civil War precipitated a long regional war between China and Japan...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b2503490x*spi |
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- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Fear and Ambition: Japan, China, and Russia: 1. Introduction: the Asian roots of World War II; 2. Japan 1931-6: the containment of Russia and national restoration; 3. China 1926-36: chaos and the quest for the mandate of heaven; 4. Russia 1917-36: impending two-front war and world revolution; Part II. Nested Wars: A Civil War within a Regional War within a Global War: 5. Flashback to 1911 and the beginning of the long Chinese Civil War; 6. The regional war: the Second Sino-Japanese War; 7. The global war: World War I; 8. The final act of the long Chinese Civil War; 9. Conclusion: civil war as the prologue and epilogue to regional and global wars.
